diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 585508d01..96ca4a065 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
     <commons.javadoc.version>3.4.1</commons.javadoc.version>
     <commons.japicmp.version>0.16.0</commons.japicmp.version>
     <commons.pmd.version>3.19.0</commons.pmd.version>
-    <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.50.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
+    <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.51.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
     <commons.felix.version>5.1.2</commons.felix.version>
     <commons.biz.aQute.bndlib.version>6.3.1</commons.biz.aQute.bndlib.version>
     <commons.animal-sniffer.version>1.21</commons.animal-sniffer.version>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index e705892f2..65d37301c 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">Bump apache-rat from 0.13 to 0.14.</action>
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump commons-parent from 53 to 54 #954.</action>
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump commons-text from 1.9 to 1.10.0 #957.</action>
-    <action                   type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot">Bump commons.pmd-impl.version from 6.49.0 to 6.50.0 #961.</action>
+    <action                   type="update" dev="kinow" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump commons.pmd-impl.version from 6.49.0 to 6.51.0 #961.</action>
   </release>
 
   <release version="3.12.0" date="2021-02-26" description="New features and bug fixes (Java 8).">