diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01fa62bc4..a0a9bc89c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     <commons.javadoc.version>3.12.0</commons.javadoc.version>
     <commons.jxr.version>3.6.0</commons.jxr.version>
     <commons.pmd.version>3.28.0</commons.pmd.version>
-    <commons.pmd-impl.version>7.17.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
+    <commons.pmd-impl.version>7.18.0</commons.pmd-impl.version>
     <commons.project-info.version>3.9.0</commons.project-info.version>
     <commons.rat.version>0.17</commons.rat.version>
     <commons.release-plugin.version>1.9.1</commons.release-plugin.version>