diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a38b4773..27de32ee8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <maven.archiver.version>3.6.5</maven.archiver.version>
         <plexus.archiver.version>4.10.3</plexus.archiver.version>
         <!-- See https://pmd.github.io/ for available latest version -->
-        <pmd.version>7.17.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.18.0</pmd.version>
 
         <sshd.tests.timeout.factor>1.0</sshd.tests.timeout.factor>
         <sshd.tests.rerun.count>2</sshd.tests.rerun.count>