diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 204e3a5dc..757411826 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
     - name: Build with Maven
-      run: mvn -V apache-rat:check javadoc:javadoc -Ddoclint=all package --file pom.xml
+      run: mvn -V apache-rat:check spotbugs:check javadoc:javadoc -Ddoclint=all package --file pom.xml
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 09ef4cfd1..b651149f2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ script:
   - mvn
 
 after_success:
-  - mvn clean test jacoco:report coveralls:report -Ptravis-jacoco javadoc:javadoc -Ddoclint=all
+  - mvn clean test spotbugs:check jacoco:report coveralls:report -Ptravis-jacoco javadoc:javadoc -Ddoclint=all
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index a2402b18d..793754775 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -6363,9 +6363,7 @@ public class StringUtils {
          if (isEmpty(text) || isEmpty(searchString) || replacement == null || max == 0) {
              return text;
          }
-         String searchText = text;
          if (ignoreCase) {
-             searchText = text.toLowerCase();
              searchString = searchString.toLowerCase();
          }
          int start = 0;