diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8114741..50c27f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
-		<pmd.version>6.55.0</pmd.version>
+		<pmd.version>7.0.0</pmd.version>
 		<gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<file.encoding>UTF-8</file.encoding>