diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b1ea7fe6..49c5f36a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 		<commons-lang.version>3.20.0</commons-lang.version>
 		<netbeans.version>RELEASE170</netbeans.version>
 		<jsoup.version>1.22.1</jsoup.version>
-		<pmd.version>7.17.0</pmd.version>
+		<pmd.version>7.22.0</pmd.version>
 		<sshd.version>2.17.1</sshd.version>
 		<scm.version>2.2.1</scm.version>
 		<argLine></argLine>