diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a81a0fd1..c3a394bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <commons.lang3.version>3.20.0</commons.lang3.version>
     <mockito.version>4.10.0</mockito.version>
     <maven.resources.version>3.4.0</maven.resources.version>
-    <pmd.version>7.18.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.19.0</pmd.version>
     <checkstyle.version>10.26.1</checkstyle.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.9.8</spotbugs.version>
     <maven.core.version>3.9.11</maven.core.version>
diff --git a/sat-plugin/src/main/java/org/openhab/tools/analysis/tools/PmdChecker.java b/sat-plugin/src/main/java/org/openhab/tools/analysis/tools/PmdChecker.java
index cf9025fb..03b9ea18 100644
--- a/sat-plugin/src/main/java/org/openhab/tools/analysis/tools/PmdChecker.java
+++ b/sat-plugin/src/main/java/org/openhab/tools/analysis/tools/PmdChecker.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class PmdChecker extends AbstractChecker {
     @Parameter
     private List<Dependency> pmdPlugins = new ArrayList<>();
 
-    private static final String PMD_VERSION = "7.18.0";
+    private static final String PMD_VERSION = "7.19.0";
     /**
      * Location of the properties files that contains configuration options for the maven-pmd-plugin
      */