diff --git a/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml b/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
index e4b50fd6..3e89d71b 100644
--- a/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
+++ b/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
@@ -397,12 +397,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.8.0</version>
+								<version>7.9.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.8.0</version>
+								<version>7.9.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b93b123..b65a42b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.8.0</version>
+								<version>7.9.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.8.0</version>
+								<version>7.9.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>