diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83dcb83bd9..9777a0f8d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.15.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <targetJdk>1.6</targetJdk>
           <includeTests>true</includeTests>