diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76aa5f42ad..953b20c322 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
     <checkstyle.resourceExcludes>LICENSE.txt, NOTICE.txt, **/maven-archiver/pom.properties</checkstyle.resourceExcludes>
 
     <commons.pmd.version>3.16.0</commons.pmd.version>
-    <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.45.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
+    <commons.pmd-impl.version>6.46.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
     <commons.jacoco.version>0.8.8</commons.jacoco.version>
     <commons.spotbugs.version>4.7.0.0</commons.spotbugs.version>
     <commons.japicmp.version>0.15.7</commons.japicmp.version>