diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c325a2a1..16022b72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
       <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-      <version>7.0.0-rc4</version>
+      <version>7.10.0</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>