diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
index 82a561c5..5be8c4cb 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 7.18.0
 
 ### 🐛 Fixed Issues
 
diff --git a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 62961e34..ac8c68ad 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -19,34 +19,15 @@ Bundle-ClassPath: .,
  target/schema/,
  target/lib/ch.qos.logback.logback-classic.jar,
  target/lib/ch.qos.logback.logback-core.jar,
- target/lib/com.sun.xml.bind.jaxb-core.jar,
- target/lib/com.sun.xml.bind.jaxb-impl.jar,
- target/lib/javax.activation.javax.activation-api.jar,
- target/lib/javax.xml.bind.jaxb-api.jar,
- target/lib/org.slf4j.jul-to-slf4j.jar,
- target/lib/org.slf4j.slf4j-api.jar,
- target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-core.jar,
- target/lib/com.github.oowekyala.ooxml.nice-xml-messages.jar,
- target/lib/com.google.code.gson.gson.jar,
- target/lib/com.google.errorprone.error_prone_annotations.jar,
- target/lib/net.sf.saxon.Saxon-HE.jar,
- target/lib/org.antlr.antlr4-runtime.jar,
- target/lib/org.apache.commons.commons-lang3.jar,
- target/lib/org.apache.httpcomponents.client5.httpclient5.jar,
- target/lib/org.apache.httpcomponents.core5.httpcore5.jar,
- target/lib/org.apache.httpcomponents.core5.httpcore5-h2.jar,
- target/lib/org.checkerframework.checker-qual.jar,
- target/lib/org.ow2.asm.asm.jar,
- target/lib/org.pcollections.pcollections.jar,
- target/lib/org.xmlresolver.xmlresolver.jar,
- target/lib/org.xmlresolver.xmlresolver-data.jar,
- target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-apex.jar,
  target/lib/com.github.nawforce.scala-json-rpc_2.13.jar,
  target/lib/com.github.nawforce.scala-json-rpc-upickle-json-serializer_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/com.github.oowekyala.ooxml.nice-xml-messages.jar,
  target/lib/com.github.pathikrit.better-files_2.13.jar,
  target/lib/com.google.code.findbugs.jsr305.jar,
- target/lib/com.google.flogger.flogger.jar,
+ target/lib/com.google.code.gson.gson.jar,
+ target/lib/com.google.errorprone.error_prone_annotations.jar,
  target/lib/com.google.flogger.flogger-system-backend.jar,
+ target/lib/com.google.flogger.flogger.jar,
  target/lib/com.google.guava.failureaccess.jar,
  target/lib/com.google.guava.guava.jar,
  target/lib/com.google.guava.listenablefuture.jar,
@@ -60,6 +41,8 @@ Bundle-ClassPath: .,
  target/lib/com.lihaoyi.upickle_2.13.jar,
  target/lib/com.lihaoyi.upickle-core_2.13.jar,
  target/lib/com.lihaoyi.upickle-implicits_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/com.sun.xml.bind.jaxb-core.jar,
+ target/lib/com.sun.xml.bind.jaxb-impl.jar,
  target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.apex-ls_2.13.jar,
  target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.apex-parser.jar,
  target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.apex-types_2.13.jar,
@@ -67,22 +50,16 @@ Bundle-ClassPath: .,
  target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.sobject-types.jar,
  target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.standard-types.jar,
  target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.vf-parser.jar,
- target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher.jar,
  target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher-better-files_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher.jar,
+ target/lib/javax.activation.javax.activation-api.jar,
  target/lib/javax.annotation.jsr250-api.jar,
+ target/lib/javax.xml.bind.jaxb-api.jar,
  target/lib/net.java.dev.jna.jna.jar,
- target/lib/org.checkerframework.checker-compat-qual.jar,
- target/lib/org.danilopianini.gson-extras.jar,
- target/lib/org.jetbrains.annotations.jar,
- target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib.jar,
- target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib-jdk7.jar,
- target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib-jdk8.jar,
- target/lib/org.scala-js.scalajs-stubs_2.13.jar,
- target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-collection-compat_2.13.jar,
- target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-parallel-collections_2.13.jar,
- target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-xml_2.13.jar,
- target/lib/org.scala-lang.scala-reflect.jar,
+ target/lib/net.sf.saxon.Saxon-HE.jar,
+ target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-apex.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-coco.jar,
+ target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-core.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-cpp.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-cs.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-css.jar,
@@ -91,13 +68,9 @@ Bundle-ClassPath: .,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-gherkin.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-go.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-groovy.jar,
- target/lib/org.apache.groovy.groovy.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-html.jar,
- target/lib/org.jsoup.jsoup.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-java.jar,
- target/lib/commons-codec.commons-codec.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-javascript.jar,
- target/lib/org.mozilla.rhino.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-jsp.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-julia.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-kotlin.jar,
@@ -112,15 +85,40 @@ Bundle-ClassPath: .,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-ruby.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-rust.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-scala_2.13.jar,
- target/lib/org.scala-lang.scala-library.jar,
- target/lib/org.scalameta.common_2.13.jar,
- target/lib/org.scalameta.parsers_2.13.jar,
- target/lib/org.scalameta.trees_2.13.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-swift.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-tsql.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-velocity.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-visualforce.jar,
- target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-xml.jar
+ target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-xml.jar,
+ target/lib/org.antlr.antlr4-runtime.jar,
+ target/lib/org.apache.commons.commons-lang3.jar,
+ target/lib/org.apache.groovy.groovy.jar,
+ target/lib/org.checkerframework.checker-compat-qual.jar,
+ target/lib/org.checkerframework.checker-qual.jar,
+ target/lib/org.danilopianini.gson-extras.jar,
+ target/lib/org.jetbrains.annotations.jar,
+ target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib-jdk7.jar,
+ target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib-jdk8.jar,
+ target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib.jar,
+ target/lib/org.jsoup.jsoup.jar,
+ target/lib/org.jspecify.jspecify.jar,
+ target/lib/org.mozilla.rhino.jar,
+ target/lib/org.ow2.asm.asm.jar,
+ target/lib/org.pcollections.pcollections.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scala-js.scalajs-stubs_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-collection-compat_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-parallel-collections_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-xml_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scala-lang.scala-library.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scala-lang.scala-reflect.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scalameta.common_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scalameta.io_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scalameta.parsers_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/org.scalameta.trees_2.13.jar,
+ target/lib/org.slf4j.jul-to-slf4j.jar,
+ target/lib/org.slf4j.slf4j-api.jar,
+ target/lib/org.xmlresolver.xmlresolver-data.jar,
+ target/lib/org.xmlresolver.xmlresolver.jar
 Bundle-Localization: plugin
 Export-Package: ch.qos.logback.classic;x-friends:="net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin.test",
  net.sourceforge.pmd;
diff --git a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/build.properties b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/build.properties
index 4cf975ab..88510a09 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/build.properties
+++ b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/build.properties
@@ -20,34 +20,15 @@ bin.includes = .,\
                target/schema/,\
                target/lib/ch.qos.logback.logback-classic.jar,\
                target/lib/ch.qos.logback.logback-core.jar,\
-               target/lib/com.sun.xml.bind.jaxb-core.jar,\
-               target/lib/com.sun.xml.bind.jaxb-impl.jar,\
-               target/lib/javax.activation.javax.activation-api.jar,\
-               target/lib/javax.xml.bind.jaxb-api.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.slf4j.jul-to-slf4j.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.slf4j.slf4j-api.jar,\
-               target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-core.jar,\
-               target/lib/com.github.oowekyala.ooxml.nice-xml-messages.jar,\
-               target/lib/com.google.code.gson.gson.jar,\
-               target/lib/com.google.errorprone.error_prone_annotations.jar,\
-               target/lib/net.sf.saxon.Saxon-HE.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.antlr.antlr4-runtime.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.apache.commons.commons-lang3.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.apache.httpcomponents.client5.httpclient5.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.apache.httpcomponents.core5.httpcore5.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.apache.httpcomponents.core5.httpcore5-h2.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.checkerframework.checker-qual.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.ow2.asm.asm.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.pcollections.pcollections.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.xmlresolver.xmlresolver.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.xmlresolver.xmlresolver-data.jar,\
-               target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-apex.jar,\
                target/lib/com.github.nawforce.scala-json-rpc_2.13.jar,\
                target/lib/com.github.nawforce.scala-json-rpc-upickle-json-serializer_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/com.github.oowekyala.ooxml.nice-xml-messages.jar,\
                target/lib/com.github.pathikrit.better-files_2.13.jar,\
                target/lib/com.google.code.findbugs.jsr305.jar,\
-               target/lib/com.google.flogger.flogger.jar,\
+               target/lib/com.google.code.gson.gson.jar,\
+               target/lib/com.google.errorprone.error_prone_annotations.jar,\
                target/lib/com.google.flogger.flogger-system-backend.jar,\
+               target/lib/com.google.flogger.flogger.jar,\
                target/lib/com.google.guava.failureaccess.jar,\
                target/lib/com.google.guava.guava.jar,\
                target/lib/com.google.guava.listenablefuture.jar,\
@@ -61,6 +42,8 @@ bin.includes = .,\
                target/lib/com.lihaoyi.upickle_2.13.jar,\
                target/lib/com.lihaoyi.upickle-core_2.13.jar,\
                target/lib/com.lihaoyi.upickle-implicits_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/com.sun.xml.bind.jaxb-core.jar,\
+               target/lib/com.sun.xml.bind.jaxb-impl.jar,\
                target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.apex-ls_2.13.jar,\
                target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.apex-parser.jar,\
                target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.apex-types_2.13.jar,\
@@ -68,22 +51,16 @@ bin.includes = .,\
                target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.sobject-types.jar,\
                target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.standard-types.jar,\
                target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.vf-parser.jar,\
-               target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher.jar,\
                target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher-better-files_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher.jar,\
+               target/lib/javax.activation.javax.activation-api.jar,\
                target/lib/javax.annotation.jsr250-api.jar,\
+               target/lib/javax.xml.bind.jaxb-api.jar,\
                target/lib/net.java.dev.jna.jna.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.checkerframework.checker-compat-qual.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.danilopianini.gson-extras.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.jetbrains.annotations.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib-jdk7.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib-jdk8.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scala-js.scalajs-stubs_2.13.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-collection-compat_2.13.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-parallel-collections_2.13.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-xml_2.13.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scala-lang.scala-reflect.jar,\
+               target/lib/net.sf.saxon.Saxon-HE.jar,\
+               target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-apex.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-coco.jar,\
+               target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-core.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-cpp.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-cs.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-css.jar,\
@@ -92,13 +69,9 @@ bin.includes = .,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-gherkin.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-go.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-groovy.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.apache.groovy.groovy.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-html.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.jsoup.jsoup.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-java.jar,\
-               target/lib/commons-codec.commons-codec.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-javascript.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.mozilla.rhino.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-jsp.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-julia.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-kotlin.jar,\
@@ -113,15 +86,40 @@ bin.includes = .,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-ruby.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-rust.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-scala_2.13.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scala-lang.scala-library.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scalameta.common_2.13.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scalameta.parsers_2.13.jar,\
-               target/lib/org.scalameta.trees_2.13.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-swift.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-tsql.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-velocity.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-visualforce.jar,\
-               target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-xml.jar
+               target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-xml.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.antlr.antlr4-runtime.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.apache.commons.commons-lang3.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.apache.groovy.groovy.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.checkerframework.checker-compat-qual.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.checkerframework.checker-qual.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.danilopianini.gson-extras.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.jetbrains.annotations.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib-jdk7.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib-jdk8.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlin-stdlib.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.jsoup.jsoup.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.jspecify.jspecify.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.mozilla.rhino.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.ow2.asm.asm.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.pcollections.pcollections.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scala-js.scalajs-stubs_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-collection-compat_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-parallel-collections_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scala-lang.modules.scala-xml_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scala-lang.scala-library.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scala-lang.scala-reflect.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scalameta.common_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scalameta.io_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scalameta.parsers_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.scalameta.trees_2.13.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.slf4j.jul-to-slf4j.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.slf4j.slf4j-api.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.xmlresolver.xmlresolver-data.jar,\
+               target/lib/org.xmlresolver.xmlresolver.jar
 src.includes = icons/,\
                messages.properties,\
                target/lib/,\
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 71644309..cb015cb8 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>7.17.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.18.0</pmd.version>
     <pmd.build-tools.version>35</pmd.build-tools.version>
     <checkstyle.version>12.1.1</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.6.0</checkstyle.plugin.version>
     <pmd.plugin.version>3.28.0</pmd.plugin.version>
-    <pmd.check.version>7.17.0</pmd.check.version>
+    <pmd.check.version>7.18.0</pmd.check.version>
 
     <keystorePath>.ci/files/pmd-eclipse-plugin.p12</keystorePath>
     <keystore>${basedir}/${keystorePath}</keystore>