diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37168b2c..21d9dff6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <version.io.dropwizard.metrics>4.2.25</version.io.dropwizard.metrics>
     <version.net.revelc.code.formatter>2.23.0</version.net.revelc.code.formatter>
     <version.net.revelc.code.impsort-maven-plugin>1.9.0</version.net.revelc.code.impsort-maven-plugin>
-    <version.net.sourceforge.pmd>6.55.0</version.net.sourceforge.pmd>
+    <version.net.sourceforge.pmd>7.0.0</version.net.sourceforge.pmd>
     <version.org.apache.commons.commons-collections4>4.4</version.org.apache.commons.commons-collections4>
     <version.org.apache.commons.commons-compress>1.26.1</version.org.apache.commons.commons-compress>
     <version.org.apache.commons.commons-vfs2>2.9.0</version.org.apache.commons.commons-vfs2>