diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0bac9ce8..3332789fe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
     <commons.surefire.version>3.0.0-M7</commons.surefire.version>
     <commons.javadoc.version>3.4.0</commons.javadoc.version>
     <commons.japicmp.version>0.15.7</commons.japicmp.version>
-    <commons.pmd.version>3.17.0</commons.pmd.version>
+    <commons.pmd.version>3.18.0</commons.pmd.version>
     <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.48.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
     <commons.felix.version>5.1.2</commons.felix.version>
     <biz.aQute.bndlib.version>6.3.1</biz.aQute.bndlib.version>
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 73ddff648..eab05fef5 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump junit-bom from 5.7.1 to 5.9.0 #761, #805, #807, #836, #928.</action>
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump maven-javadoc-plugin from 3.2.0 to 3.4.0.</action>
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump jmh.version from 1.27 to 1.35 #794, #842, #872.</action>
-    <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.14.0 to 3.17.0 #802, #858, #909.</action>
+    <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump maven-pmd-plugin from 3.14.0 to 3.18.0 #802, #858, #909.</action>
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump commons.pmd-impl.version from 6.42.0 to 6.48.0 #861, #873, #905, #932.</action>
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot">Bump pmd from 6.40.0 to 6.47.0 #837, #915.</action>
     <action                   type="update" dev="ggregory" due-to="Dependabot, Gary Gregory">Bump biz.aQute.bndlib from 5.3.0 to 6.3.1 #814, #835.</action>