diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e932cfd93..1932b6983 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.14.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>pmd</id>