diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cddae72..046a742 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.17.0</version>
+								<version>7.18.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.17.0</version>
+								<version>7.18.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/template-placeholder/pom.xml b/template-placeholder/pom.xml
index e85f780..440b176 100644
--- a/template-placeholder/pom.xml
+++ b/template-placeholder/pom.xml
@@ -491,12 +491,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.17.0</version>
+								<version>7.18.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.17.0</version>
+								<version>7.18.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>