diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d7014e5..b630669e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <pmd.version>6.42.0</pmd.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <checkstyle.version>9.3</checkstyle.version>
-    <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.15.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
+    <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.16.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
     <findsecbugs-plugin.version>1.11.0</findsecbugs-plugin.version>
     <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.7</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire.plugin>3.0.0-M4</maven-surefire.plugin>