diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fc00828ac..549a8cb4b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <!-- quality -->
         <checkstyle.version>12.3.1</checkstyle.version>
         <spotbugs.version>4.10.2</spotbugs.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.25.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.26.0</pmd.version>
         <archunit.version>1.4.2</archunit.version>
         <dependencycheck.version>10.0.4</dependencycheck.version>