diff --git a/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 96e28496d7e..753735ed91f 100644
--- a/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/hadoop-build-tools/src/main/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@
 
     <!-- Checks for line length violations.                                 -->
     <!-- See https://checkstyle.sourceforge.io/config_sizes.html#LineLength -->
-    <module name="LineLength"/>
+    <module name="LineLength">
+        <property name="max" value="100"/>
+    </module>
 
     <module name="TreeWalker">