diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bedae6282bd3..a3cdf17d44df 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ under the License.
             <dependency>
               <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
               <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-              <version>7.20.0</version>
+              <version>7.21.0</version>
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>