diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5cb43dbca..b4a3ce548 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -634,7 +634,6 @@
     <jmh.version>1.36</jmh.version>
     <uberjar.name>benchmarks</uberjar.name>
 
-    <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.52.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
     <commons.animal-sniffer.version>1.21</commons.animal-sniffer.version>
     
     <!-- Commons Release Plugin -->