diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8709724..0919e710 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.8.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.9.0</pmd.version>
         <maven.surefire.version>3.5.2</maven.surefire.version>
     </properties>