diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index b452eabb..382a52f0 100644
--- a/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Eclipse Update Site:
 This is a minor release.
 
 ### New and noteworthy
+* Update to PMD 7.8.0
 
 ### Fixed Issues
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4723f554..1811cf3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
     <!-- https://github.com/eclipse/tycho/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES.md and https://github.com/eclipse-tycho/tycho/releases -->
     <tycho.version>4.0.10</tycho.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <pmd.version>7.7.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.8.0</pmd.version>
     <pmd.build-tools.version>27</pmd.build-tools.version>
     <checkstyle.version>10.18.1</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.5.0</checkstyle.plugin.version>
     <pmd.plugin.version>3.25.0</pmd.plugin.version>
-    <pmd.check.version>7.7.0</pmd.check.version>
+    <pmd.check.version>7.8.0</pmd.check.version>
 
     <keystorePath>.ci/files/pmd-eclipse-plugin.p12</keystorePath>
     <keystore>${basedir}/${keystorePath}</keystore>