diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f1eca7d..0310278c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <pmd.version>6.49.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.8.0</pmd.version>
     <jackson.version>2.18.1</jackson.version>
     <dependency.locations.enabled>false</dependency.locations.enabled>
     <coverageThreshold>75</coverageThreshold>