diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c0ca32d41a..e429008001 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>27</pmd.build-tools.version>
+        <pmd.build-tools.version>28-SNAPSHOT</pmd.build-tools.version>
 
         <pmd-designer.version>7.2.0</pmd-designer.version>
 
@@ -569,22 +569,22 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-                            <version>7.5.0</version> <!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->
+                            <version>7.7.0</version> <!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->
                         </dependency>
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                             <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-                            <version>7.5.0</version> <!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->
+                            <version>7.7.0</version> <!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->
                         </dependency>
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                             <artifactId>pmd-jsp</artifactId>
-                            <version>7.5.0</version> <!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->
+                            <version>7.7.0</version> <!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->
                         </dependency>
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                             <artifactId>pmd-javascript</artifactId>
-                            <version>7.5.0</version> <!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->
+                            <version>7.7.0</version> <!-- pmd.dogfood.version -->
                         </dependency>
                         <!-- This contains the dogfood ruleset -->
                         <dependency>