diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9afb30bb..6f60b028 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-05-31T09:07:03Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
         <pmd.designer.version>${project.version}</pmd.designer.version> <!-- see DesignerVersion -->
-        <pmd.core.version>7.0.0</pmd.core.version>
+        <pmd.core.version>7.0.0</pmd.core.version> <!-- minimum supported PMD version -->
 
         <openjfx.version>17.0.10</openjfx.version>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
         <pmd.build-tools.version>28</pmd.build-tools.version>
         <pmd.plugin.version>3.24.0</pmd.plugin.version>
-        <pmd.check.version>7.5.0</pmd.check.version>
+        <pmd.check.version>7.8.0</pmd.check.version>
 
         <jflex-output>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/jflex</jflex-output>