diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17e9151cc8..977881c43b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ under the License.
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5</version>
+                    <version>3.14.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <targetJdk>1.8</targetJdk>
                         <excludes>