diff --git a/pmd-core/pom.xml b/pmd-core/pom.xml
index 039529c496..1cdde6d0c6 100644
--- a/pmd-core/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-core/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.pcollections</groupId>
             <artifactId>pcollections</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c8bb8c6667..f51e77c2c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -665,6 +665,11 @@
                 <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
                 <version>9.0-beta</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.pcollections</groupId>
+                <artifactId>pcollections</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.3</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                 <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>