diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 381fd2ac5..f354399de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <pmd.version>7.20.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.22.0</pmd.version>
 
         <wagon-git.version>2.0.4</wagon-git.version> <!-- Do not upgrade to 2.0.4 as it doesn't work -->
         <wagon-ssh.version>3.5.3</wagon-ssh.version>