diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aeff337aca..6db3cbb26a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <!-- quality -->
         <checkstyle.version>12.3.1</checkstyle.version>
         <spotbugs.version>4.9.8</spotbugs.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.20.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.21.0</pmd.version>
         <archunit.version>1.4.1</archunit.version>
         <dependencycheck.version>10.0.4</dependencycheck.version>