diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab088512..60d9e3bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <pmd.build-tools.version>29</pmd.build-tools.version>
-        <pmd.plugin.version>3.24.0</pmd.plugin.version>
+        <pmd.plugin.version>3.26.0</pmd.plugin.version>
         <pmd.check.version>7.8.0</pmd.check.version>
 
         <jflex-output>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/jflex</jflex-output>