diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d385839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarqube.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: SonarQube analysis
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read  # allows SonarQube to decorate PRs with analysis results
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: cap-java
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Ensure shallow clones are disabled for better analysis relevancy
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: maven
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+         mvn clean install -DskipTests
+
+      - name: Install SonarQube Scanner
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -L /usr/local/bin/sonar-scanner ]; then
+            curl -sSLo sonar-scanner-cli.zip https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-4.7.0.2747-linux.zip
+            unzip sonar-scanner-cli.zip
+            sudo mv sonar-scanner-4.7.0.2747-linux /opt/sonar-scanner
+            sudo ln -s /opt/sonar-scanner/bin/sonar-scanner /usr/local/bin/sonar-scanner
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run SonarQube analysis
+        run: |
+          sonar-scanner \
+            -Dsonar.projectKey=cap-java-sdm \
+            -Dsonar.sources=sdm/src/main/java \
+            -Dsonar.java.binaries=sdm/target/classes \
+            -Dsonar.java.libraries=sdm/target/sdm.jar \
+            -Dsonar.junit.reportPaths=sdm/target/surefire-reports \
+            -Dsonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths=sdm/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml \
+            -Dsonar.inclusions=**/*.java \
+            -Dsonar.exclusions=**/target/**,**/node_modules/**,sdm/src/main/test/**,cap-notebook/*.capnb \
+            -Dsonar.java.file.suffixes=.java \
+            -Dsonar.host.url=${{ secrets.SONAR_HOST_URL }} \
+            -Dsonar.login=${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+            
+
+      - name: Quality Gate Check
+        id: sonarqube-quality-gate
+        uses: sonarsource/sonarqube-quality-gate-action@master
+        with:
+          sonar_host_url: ${{ secrets.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
+        env:
+          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit.tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit.tests.yml
index 7e1f9335..c8fcde39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit.tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit.tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
     
     - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}