diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gradle/code/style/CodeStylePlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gradle/code/style/CodeStylePlugin.java
index dfa02c3..76282fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gradle/code/style/CodeStylePlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hypertrace/gradle/code/style/CodeStylePlugin.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ private void configureFormatting(SpotlessExtension spotlessExtension) {
         "misc",
         format -> {
           format.target("*.md", "src/**/*.proto", ".gitignore", "*.yaml");
-          format.indentWithSpaces(2);
+          format.leadingSpacesToTabs(2);
           format.trimTrailingWhitespace();
           format.endWithNewline();
         });