diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7fddcb03..554d6e94 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <maven.version>3.9.11</maven.version>
         <maven.versions-plugin.version>2.18.0</maven.versions-plugin.version>
         <mutability.detector.version>0.9.1</mutability.detector.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.18.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.22.0</pmd.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.github.repository>microsoft/gctoolkit</project.github.repository>
         <repository.url>git@github.com:${project.github.repository}.git</repository.url>