diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c068c1bd..af0ca5bb9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <mockserver.version>5.15.0</mockserver.version>
         <pmd-plugin.version>3.24.0</pmd-plugin.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.3.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.4.0</pmd.version>
         <reproducible-build-maven-plugin.version>0.16</reproducible-build-maven-plugin.version>
         <resteasy.version>7.0.0.Alpha2</resteasy.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>