diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09f89c5e23..1fce69f15b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
 
         <argLine>-Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding}</argLine>
 
-        <pmd.build-tools.version>1.3-SNAPSHOT</pmd.build-tools.version>
+        <pmd.build-tools.version>1.3.0</pmd.build-tools.version>
 
     </properties>