diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f65e6a..42fb7c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         <formatter.skip>false</formatter.skip>
         <!-- Only upgrade to the latest version you can have in Eclipse, no later
       versions; otherwise, you may not be able to run checks in Eclipse -->
-        <pmdVersion>7.8.0</pmdVersion>
+        <pmdVersion>7.10.0</pmdVersion>
         <pmd.plugin.version>3.26.0</pmd.plugin.version>
         <xlint.compiler.arg>-Xlint:all,-classfile,-try,-module,-requires-automatic,-requires-transitive-automatic,-exports</xlint.compiler.arg>
         <maven.javadoc.failOnError>false</maven.javadoc.failOnError>