diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89b1ad875c..1dfe7db0e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -363,12 +363,12 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-                            <version>6.21.0</version>
+                            <version>6.22.0</version>
                         </dependency>
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                             <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-                            <version>6.21.0</version>
+                            <version>6.22.0</version>
                         </dependency>
                         <!-- This contains the dogfood ruleset -->
                         <dependency>