diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b82492d980..7f877d2f39 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
         <argLine>-Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding} ${extraArgLine}</argLine>
         <extraArgLine /> <!-- empty by default, profiles set it as needed -->
 
-        <pmd.build-tools.version>26</pmd.build-tools.version>
+        <pmd.build-tools.version>27-SNAPSHOT</pmd.build-tools.version>
 
         <pmd-designer.version>7.2.0</pmd-designer.version>
         <javacc.jar>${settings.localRepository}/net/java/dev/javacc/javacc/${javacc.version}/javacc-${javacc.version}.jar</javacc.jar>