diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cdb118f..46a255a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
-        <pmd.version>7.23.0</pmd.version> <!-- pmd version used for tests -->
+        <pmd.version>7.24.0</pmd.version> <!-- pmd version used for tests -->
         <surefire.version>3.5.5</surefire.version>
         <junit.version>6.0.3</junit.version>
         <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.6.0</checkstyle.plugin.version>