diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 9da0ff7f0..422a7d812 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
         <module name="EmptyLineSeparator">
             <property name="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowMultipleEmptyLines" value="false"/>
+            <property name="allowMultipleEmptyLinesInsideClassMembers" value="false"/>
         </module>
         <module name="SeparatorWrap">
             <property name="id" value="SeparatorWrapDot"/>
diff --git a/dapr-spring/pom.xml b/dapr-spring/pom.xml
index 21b2fbbd3..61e8603da 100644
--- a/dapr-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/dapr-spring/pom.xml
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@
         <version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-        <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${logback-core.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9408ad500..243a3b71b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     <grpc.version>1.69.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <opentelemetry.version>1.41.0</opentelemetry.version>
-    <logback-core.version>1.5.16</logback-core.version>
     <wiremock.version>3.9.1</wiremock.version>
     <jakarta.annotation.version>2.1.1</jakarta.annotation.version>
     <javax.annotation.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation.version>
@@ -274,11 +273,6 @@
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         <version>${commons-lang.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-        <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${logback-core.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/DaprClientImpl.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/DaprClientImpl.java
index 66c8772d6..2ed42aa01 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/DaprClientImpl.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/DaprClientImpl.java
@@ -514,7 +514,6 @@ public <T> Mono<T> invokeMethod(InvokeMethodRequest invokeMethodRequest, TypeRef
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("Method name cannot be null or empty.");
       }
 
-
       String[] methodSegments = method.split("/");
 
       List<String> pathSegments = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(DaprHttp.API_VERSION, "invoke", appId, "method"));