diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8fe2050..982da01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
                      <dependency>
                          <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                          <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-                         <version>6.50.0</version>
+                         <version>6.55.0</version>
                      </dependency>
                      <dependency>
                          <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>