diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e675f7e..60b5c29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
     <checkstyle.suppress.file>${basedir}/src/site/resources/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml</checkstyle.suppress.file>
     <checkstyle.resourceExcludes>LICENSE.txt, NOTICE.txt, **/maven-archiver/pom.properties</checkstyle.resourceExcludes>
 
-    <commons.pmd.version>3.16.0</commons.pmd.version>
+    <commons.pmd.version>3.17.0</commons.pmd.version>
     <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.46.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
     <commons.jacoco.version>0.8.8</commons.jacoco.version>
     <commons.spotbugs.version>4.7.0.0</commons.spotbugs.version>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index d5d9aba..3d4fa40 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
       <action                 type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump jmh-generator-annprocess from 1.32 to 1.35 #175, #206, #226.</action>
       <action                 type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump commons.pmd-impl.version from 6.36.0 to 6.45.0 #173, #189, #193, #199, #227, #233.</action>
       <action                 type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump mockito-core from 3.11.2 to 4.6.1 #187, #197, #204, #212, #230, #237.</action>
-      <action                 type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.14.0 to 3.16.0 #184, #219.</action>
+      <action                 type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.14.0 to 3.17.0 #184, #219, #238.</action>
       <action                 type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump commons.pmd-impl.version from 6.41.0 to 6.46.0 #214, #236.</action>
       <action                 type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Bump opencsv from 5.5.1 to 5.6 #182, #221.</action>
       <action                 type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump spotbugs-maven-plugin from 4.3.0 to 4.7.0.0 #192, #198, #203, #211, #225, #234.</action>