diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckGwtSample.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckGwtSample.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8bedd6ef483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckGwtSample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package checks;
+
+class AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckGwtSample {
+
+  interface ClickHandler {
+    void onClick(String event);
+  }
+
+  void addClickHandler(ClickHandler handler) {
+  }
+
+  void register() {
+    addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() { // Noncompliant {{Make this anonymous inner class a lambda}}
+      @Override
+      public void onClick(String event) {
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck.java
index bbb6c9222f8..50883e6794b 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck.java
@@ -16,21 +16,37 @@
  */
 package org.sonar.java.checks;
 
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.sonar.check.Rule;
 import org.sonar.java.checks.helpers.AnonymousClassToLambdaUtils;
+import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.DependencyVersionAware;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.JavaFileScanner;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.JavaFileScannerContext;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.JavaVersion;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.JavaVersionAwareVisitor;
+import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.Version;
 
 @Rule(key = "S9357")
-public class AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck implements JavaFileScanner, JavaVersionAwareVisitor {
+public class AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck implements JavaFileScanner, JavaVersionAwareVisitor, DependencyVersionAware {
 
   @Override
   public boolean isCompatibleWithJavaVersion(JavaVersion version) {
     return version.isJava8Compatible();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * GWT supports lambda expressions only since version 2.8: the rule is disabled for projects depending on an older GWT version.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean isCompatibleWithDependencies(Function<String, Optional<Version>> dependencyFinder) {
+    return Stream.of("gwt-user", "gwt-dev", "gwt-servlet")
+      .map(dependencyFinder)
+      .flatMap(Optional::stream)
+      .allMatch(version -> version.isGreaterThanOrEqualTo("2.8"));
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void scanFile(JavaFileScannerContext context) {
     AnonymousClassToLambdaUtils.scanForAnonymousClassConvertibleToLambda(this, context);
diff --git a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckTest.java b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckTest.java
index f575c3a9bd1..70acc52e734 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckTest.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckTest.java
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
  */
 package org.sonar.java.checks;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.sonar.java.checks.verifier.CheckVerifier;
 
+import static org.sonar.java.checks.verifier.TestUtils.mainCodeSourcesPath;
 import static org.sonar.java.checks.verifier.TestUtils.testCodeSourcesPath;
 
 class AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckTest {
@@ -41,4 +44,34 @@ void test_without_semantic() {
       .withoutSemantic()
       .verifyIssues();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_gwt_supporting_lambdas() {
+    CheckVerifier.newVerifier()
+      .onFile(mainCodeSourcesPath("checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckGwtSample.java"))
+      .withCheck(new AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck())
+      .withJavaVersion(8)
+      .withClassPath(List.of(new File("gwt-user-2.8.0.jar")))
+      .verifyIssues();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_gwt_not_supporting_lambdas() {
+    CheckVerifier.newVerifier()
+      .onFile(mainCodeSourcesPath("checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckGwtSample.java"))
+      .withCheck(new AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck())
+      .withJavaVersion(8)
+      .withClassPath(List.of(new File("gwt-user-2.7.0.jar")))
+      .verifyNoIssues();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_gwt_dev_not_supporting_lambdas() {
+    CheckVerifier.newVerifier()
+      .onFile(mainCodeSourcesPath("checks/AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheckGwtSample.java"))
+      .withCheck(new AnonymousClassOnFunctionalInterfaceCheck())
+      .withJavaVersion(8)
+      .withClassPath(List.of(new File("gwt-user-2.8.0.jar"), new File("gwt-dev-2.6.1.jar")))
+      .verifyNoIssues();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sonar-java-plugin/src/main/resources/org/sonar/l10n/java/rules/java/S9357.html b/sonar-java-plugin/src/main/resources/org/sonar/l10n/java/rules/java/S9357.html
index 5cf55cfe706..de8a17cf54c 100644
--- a/sonar-java-plugin/src/main/resources/org/sonar/l10n/java/rules/java/S9357.html
+++ b/sonar-java-plugin/src/main/resources/org/sonar/l10n/java/rules/java/S9357.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <h2>Why is this an issue?</h2>
 <p>Before Java 8 introduced lambda expressions, the only way to implement a functional interface inline was through verbose anonymous inner classes.
 This approach requires significant boilerplate code that obscures the actual logic:</p>
 <pre>
-taskVariable = new InterfaceImplementation() {
+InterfaceImplementation taskVariable = new InterfaceImplementation() {
     @Override
     public void methodName() {
         processData();
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <h2>Why is this an issue?</h2>
 <p>Java 8 introduced lambda expressions specifically to simplify this pattern. A lambda expression is a concise way to represent a functional
 interface using an expression. The same functionality can be written as:</p>
 <pre>
-taskVariable = () -&gt; processData();
+InterfaceImplementation taskVariable = () -&gt; processData();
 </pre>
 <p>Using lambda expressions instead of anonymous inner classes offers several benefits:</p>
 <ul>
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ <h3>Exceptions</h3>
   carry extra members.</li>
   <li>The anonymous class has serialization requirements (e.g., implements <code>Serializable</code> explicitly), because lambda serialization has
   different semantics and caveats.</li>
+  <li>The project depends on a GWT version older than 2.8, because the GWT compiler does not support lambda expressions before that version.</li>
 </ul>
 <p>In Java, these single-method interfaces are called <strong>functional interfaces</strong>. Common examples include <code>Runnable</code>,
 <code>Callable</code>, <code>Comparator</code>, and the many interfaces in the <code>java.util.function</code> package. Lambda expressions were