diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dff1803..577dac9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <checkstyle.version>2.11</checkstyle.version>
         <findbugs.version>3.0.5</findbugs.version>
         <javadoc.version>3.10.0</javadoc.version>
-        <pmd.version>3.24.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>3.25.0</pmd.version>
         <jdepend.version>2.0</jdepend.version>
         <javancss.version>2.0</javancss.version>
         <project.info.version>3.7.0</project.info.version>