diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-hotels-search.md b/.changeset/twelve-hotels-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fc3645fded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-hotels-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@wso2is/identity-apps-core": patch
+---
+
+Add spotbugs plugin to identity-apps-core
diff --git a/identity-apps-core/pom.xml b/identity-apps-core/pom.xml
index 94541da4f00..abe0ef931fc 100644
--- a/identity-apps-core/pom.xml
+++ b/identity-apps-core/pom.xml
@@ -686,6 +686,20 @@
                     <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+              <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+              <version>4.8.6.0</version>
+              <dependencies>
+                <!-- overwrite dependency on spotbugs if you want to specify the version of spotbugs -->
+                <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spotbugs</artifactId>
+                <version>4.8.6</version>
+                </dependency>
+              </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>