diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 0f901ad49..97873205d 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
     {
       "matchPackagePrefixes": ["com.github.Fraunhofer-AISEC"],
       "registryUrls": ["https://jitpack.io/"]
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "PMD packages",
+      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-"]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/codyze-plugins/build.gradle.kts b/codyze-plugins/build.gradle.kts
index 8baf569ed..72e86905a 100644
--- a/codyze-plugins/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/codyze-plugins/build.gradle.kts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.h3xstream.findsecbugs:findsecbugs-plugin:1.13.0")
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.pmd/
-    implementation("net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core:7.2.0")
+    implementation("net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core:7.3.0")
     implementation("net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-java:7.2.0")
 }