diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d7d7670f7..ba224bf562 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <checkstyle-plugin.version>3.3.1</checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <checkstyle.version>10.12.6</checkstyle.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.10</jacoco.version>
-        <pmd-plugin.version>3.19.0</pmd-plugin.version>
+        <pmd-plugin.version>3.23.0</pmd-plugin.version>
         <owasp-plugin.version>8.2.1</owasp-plugin.version>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</surefire-plugin.version>
         <jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</jar-plugin.version>