diff --git a/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/PersistentToolkitNotification.java b/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/PersistentToolkitNotification.java
index a1f816c32..c586e71a2 100644
--- a/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/PersistentToolkitNotification.java
+++ b/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/PersistentToolkitNotification.java
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 public final class PersistentToolkitNotification extends ToolkitNotification {
     private final Consumer<Boolean> checkboxCallback;
 
-    public PersistentToolkitNotification(Display display, String title, String description, Consumer<Boolean> checkboxCallback) {
+    public PersistentToolkitNotification(final Display display, final String title,
+            final String description, final Consumer<Boolean> checkboxCallback) {
         super(display, title, description);
         this.checkboxCallback = checkboxCallback;
     }
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ protected void createContentArea(final Composite parent) {
         // make button text clickable
         checkboxLabel.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
             @Override
-            public void mouseUp(MouseEvent e) {
+            public void mouseUp(final MouseEvent e) {
                 doNotShowCheckbox.setSelection(!doNotShowCheckbox.getSelection());
                 if (checkboxCallback != null) {
                     checkboxCallback.accept(doNotShowCheckbox.getSelection());
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public void mouseUp(MouseEvent e) {
 
         doNotShowCheckbox.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {
             @Override
-            public void widgetSelected(SelectionEvent e) {
+            public void widgetSelected(final SelectionEvent e) {
                 if (checkboxCallback != null) {
                     checkboxCallback.accept(doNotShowCheckbox.getSelection());
                 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/ToolkitNotification.java b/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/ToolkitNotification.java
index 957bdf890..1363930b9 100644
--- a/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/ToolkitNotification.java
+++ b/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/ToolkitNotification.java
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ private Image getInfoIcon() {
         return this.infoIcon;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates the content area for the notification.
+     * Subclasses may override this method to customize the notification content.
+     *
+     * @param parent the parent composite
+     */
     @Override
     protected void createContentArea(final Composite parent) {
         Composite container = new Composite(parent, SWT.NONE);
@@ -59,12 +65,12 @@ protected void createContentArea(final Composite parent) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected String getPopupShellTitle() {
+    protected final String getPopupShellTitle() {
         return this.title;
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void initializeBounds() {
+    protected final void initializeBounds() {
         Rectangle clArea = getPrimaryClientArea();
         Point initialSize = getShell().computeSize(SWT.DEFAULT, SWT.DEFAULT);
         int height = Math.max(initialSize.y, MIN_HEIGHT);
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ private void repositionNotifications() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean close() {
+    public final boolean close() {
         activeNotifications.remove(this);
         repositionNotifications();
         if (this.infoIcon != null && !this.infoIcon.isDisposed()) {
diff --git a/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/UpdateUtils.java b/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/UpdateUtils.java
index a1864c89b..a4cba356a 100644
--- a/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/UpdateUtils.java
+++ b/plugin/src/software/aws/toolkits/eclipse/amazonq/util/UpdateUtils.java
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 import software.aws.toolkits.eclipse.amazonq.plugin.Activator;
 import software.aws.toolkits.eclipse.amazonq.telemetry.metadata.PluginClientMetadata;
 
-public class UpdateUtils {
+public final class UpdateUtils {
     //env for this link?
-    private static final String requestURL = "https://amazonq.eclipsetoolkit.amazonwebservices.com/artifacts.xml.xz";
+    private static final String REQUESTURL = "https://amazonq.eclipsetoolkit.amazonwebservices.com/artifacts.xml.xz";
     private static Version mostRecentNotificationVersion;
     private static Version remoteVersion;
     private static Version localVersion;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ private UpdateUtils() {
 
     private boolean newUpdateAvailable() {
         //fetch artifact file containing version info from repo
-        remoteVersion = fetchRemoteArtifactVersion(requestURL);
+        remoteVersion = fetchRemoteArtifactVersion(REQUESTURL);
 
         //return early if either version is unavailable
         if (remoteVersion == null || localVersion == null) {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public void checkForUpdate() {
         }
     }
 
-    private Version fetchRemoteArtifactVersion(String repositoryUrl) {
+    private Version fetchRemoteArtifactVersion(final String repositoryUrl) {
         HttpURLConnection connection = null;
         try {
             URL url = new URL(repositoryUrl);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ private void showNotification() {
         });
     }
 
-    private static boolean remoteVersionIsGreater(Version remote, Version local) {
+    private static boolean remoteVersionIsGreater(final Version remote, final Version local) {
         return remote.compareTo(local) > 0;
     }
 }