diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba3ba1bff7..f4cdf9a87d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <!-- quality -->
         <checkstyle.version>12.3.0</checkstyle.version>
         <spotbugs.version>4.9.8</spotbugs.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.19.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.20.0</pmd.version>
         <archunit.version>1.4.1</archunit.version>
         <dependencycheck.version>10.0.4</dependencycheck.version>