diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 092e662..5f99f96 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
         <!-- Later versions require Java 1.6+ -->
-        <version>3.21.2</version>
+        <version>3.22.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <linkXRef>true</linkXRef>
           <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>