diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index cbce6fe597..421842bd2d 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ will also be removed.
 *   [#1545](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1545): \[doc] fixing dead links + tool to check for dead links automatically - [Kris Scheibe](https://github.com/kris-scheibe)
 *   [#1551](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1551): \[java] InvalidSlf4jMessageFormatRule should not throw NPE for enums - [Robbie Martinus](https://github.com/rmartinus)
 *   [#1552](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1552): \[core] Upgrading Google Gson from 2.5 to 2.8.5 - [Thunderforge](https://github.com/Thunderforge)
+*   [#1553](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1553): \[core] Upgrading System Rules dependency from 1.8.0 to 1.19.0 - [Thunderforge](https://github.com/Thunderforge)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b95e0efbc7..01fe9b3dba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.stefanbirkner</groupId>
                 <artifactId>system-rules</artifactId>
-                <version>1.8.0</version>
+                <version>1.19.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>