diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 724687d68..c9cd7fe69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     <commons.javadoc.version>3.6.3</commons.javadoc.version>
     <commons.jxr.version>3.3.2</commons.jxr.version>
     <commons.pmd.version>3.22.0</commons.pmd.version>
-    <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.55.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
+    <commons.pmd-impl.version>7.0.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
     <commons.project-info.version>3.5.0</commons.project-info.version>
     <commons.rat.version>0.16.1</commons.rat.version>
     <commons.release-plugin.version>1.8.2</commons.release-plugin.version>