diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a78faca23..d2eb000c74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
         <gitflow-incremental-builder.version>3.8</gitflow-incremental-builder.version>
         <maven-jxr-plugin.version>2.3</maven-jxr-plugin.version>
         <!-- <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.9.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version> -->
-        <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.8</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
+        <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
         <lombok.version>1.16.12</lombok.version>
         <h2.version>1.4.197</h2.version>
     </properties>