diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9667841fc..049c611d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.11.0</version>
+                    <version>3.13.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <linkXref>true</linkXref>
                         <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>