diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2260e319..9676eeb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                         <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-                        <version>6.34.0</version>
+                        <version>7.10.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>