diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84c61d1..3dcf145 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.16.0</version>
+                <version>3.19.0</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>