diff --git a/eclipse-store-afs-ibm-cos/pom.xml b/eclipse-store-afs-ibm-cos/pom.xml
index fa814db..5fe4eb7 100644
--- a/eclipse-store-afs-ibm-cos/pom.xml
+++ b/eclipse-store-afs-ibm-cos/pom.xml
@@ -312,12 +312,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.17.0</version>
+								<version>7.18.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.17.0</version>
+								<version>7.18.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c91eafd..4611a75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.17.0</version>
+								<version>7.18.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.17.0</version>
+								<version>7.18.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>