diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef7fd37..d4c92f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                         <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-                        <version>6.21.0</version>
+                        <version>7.10.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>