diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f978caf..20c49a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin>3.1.0</maven-gpg-plugin>
         <dependency-check-maven.version>9.0.9</dependency-check-maven.version>
-        <pmd.version>6.55.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.8.0</pmd.version>
     </properties>
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/gdcc/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>