diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8fe2050..63ccb6f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
                      <dependency>
                          <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                          <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-                         <version>6.50.0</version>
+                         <version>6.55.0</version>
                      </dependency>
                  </dependencies>
              </plugin>