diff --git a/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml b/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
index 9b9c8aa7..752f3c9e 100644
--- a/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
+++ b/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.20.0</version>
+								<version>7.22.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f13fb784..15302f72 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.20.0</version>
+								<version>7.22.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>