diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5be96ea7d..4fc3eadfd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                             <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-                            <version>7.17.0</version>
+                            <version>7.24.0</version>
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                     <configuration>