diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42a7723..a48a8a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.2</version>
+            <version>6.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>