diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6243d470c..7e859a681 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- Dependency versions -->
         <junit5.version>5.11.0</junit5.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.4.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.10.0</pmd.version>
         <checkstyle.version>10.17.0</checkstyle.version>
         <logback.version>1.5.13</logback.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>