diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca8fc82..a6451c8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-            <version>6.31.0</version>
+            <version>6.38.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Test dependencies -->
         <dependency>