diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b866cf67e..0d38d50b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -635,7 +635,6 @@
     <uberjar.name>benchmarks</uberjar.name>
 
     <commons.japicmp.version>0.16.0</commons.japicmp.version>
-    <commons.pmd.version>3.19.0</commons.pmd.version>
     <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.52.0</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>