diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c896e84a..8cf519483 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@
     <commons.jira.pid>12310465</commons.jira.pid>
     <!-- The RC version used in the staging repository URL. -->
     <commons.rc.version>RC1</commons.rc.version>
-    <checkstyle.version>2.17</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>3.0.0</checkstyle.version>
 
     <commons.site.path>collections</commons.site.path>
     <commons.scmPubUrl>https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/production/commons/content/proper/commons-collections</commons.scmPubUrl>
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8</version>
+        <version>3.9.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <targetJdk>${maven.compiler.target}</targetJdk>
         </configuration>