diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a0501cf2e..99d073e04b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
-		<pmdVersion>6.55.0</pmdVersion>
+		<pmdVersion>7.10.0</pmdVersion>
 		<jackson.version>2.15.1</jackson.version>
 	</properties>