diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a07df647a97..326ff806628 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation group: 'org.xmlunit', name: 'xmlunit-matchers', version: '2.10.0'
     spotbugsPlugins 'com.h3xstream.findsecbugs:findsecbugs-plugin:1.13.0'
 
-    pmd 'net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-ant:7.3.0'
+    pmd 'net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-ant:7.6.0'
     pmd 'net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-java:7.3.0'
 }