diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index dfa9da07c3..c4fcedb868 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "MAVEN_OPTS=-Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=180 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -DautoReleaseAfterClose=true -DstagingProgressTimeoutMinutes=30" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/19/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/20/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Check Environment
       shell: bash
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/git-repo-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/git-repo-sync.yml
index aab541bebc..73302ab180 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/git-repo-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/git-repo-sync.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/19/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/20/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Sync
       run: .ci/git-repo-sync.sh
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/troubleshooting.yml b/.github/workflows/troubleshooting.yml
index 45e41023aa..615f0e7cfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/troubleshooting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/troubleshooting.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "MAVEN_OPTS=-Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=180 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -DstagingProgressTimeoutMinutes=30" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/19/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/20/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Check Environment
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 133cad39ed..9efe9f225c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ See [the example report](report-examples/html-report-v2.html).
   * [#2669](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/2669): \[apex] UnusedLocalVariable false positive in dynamic SOQL
 * core
   * [#4279](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4279): \[core] Can not set ruleset property value to empty
-  * [#4329](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4329): [core] Refactor usage of snakeyaml
+  * [#4329](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4329): \[core] Refactor usage of snakeyaml
   * [#4340](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4340): \[core] Allow to filter found matches in CPDReport
 * testing
   * [#4236](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4236): \[test] kotest logs look broken
diff --git a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml
index 2d8c821701..be34d34eaf 100644
--- a/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-scala-modules/pmd-scala-common/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
                     <configuration>
                         <offlineLinks>
                             <offlineLink>
-                                <location>${project.basedir}/../../pmd-lang-test/target/dokka/pmd-lang-test</location>
+                                <location>${project.basedir}/../../pmd-lang-test/target/dokkaJavadocJar</location>
                                 <url>../../pmd-lang-test/${project.version}</url>
                             </offlineLink>
                             <offlineLink>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a712b0706..49d19a7433 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
 
         <javacc.version>5.0</javacc.version>
         <surefire.version>3.0.0-M8</surefire.version>
-        <checkstyle.version>10.3.3</checkstyle.version>
-        <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.2.0</checkstyle.plugin.version>
-        <pmd.plugin.version>3.19.0</pmd.plugin.version>
+        <checkstyle.version>10.6.0</checkstyle.version>
+        <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.2.1</checkstyle.plugin.version>
+        <pmd.plugin.version>3.20.0</pmd.plugin.version>
         <ant.version>1.10.12</ant.version>
-        <javadoc.plugin.version>3.2.0</javadoc.plugin.version>
+        <javadoc.plugin.version>3.4.1</javadoc.plugin.version>
         <antlr.version>4.9.1</antlr.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <saxon.version>10.7</saxon.version>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <argLine>-Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding} ${extraArgLine}</argLine>
         <extraArgLine /> <!-- empty by default, profiles set it as needed -->
 
-        <pmd.build-tools.version>20-SNAPSHOT</pmd.build-tools.version>
+        <pmd.build-tools.version>20</pmd.build-tools.version>
 
         <pmd-designer.version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</pmd-designer.version>
         <javacc.jar>${settings.localRepository}/net/java/dev/javacc/javacc/${javacc.version}/javacc-${javacc.version}.jar</javacc.jar>
@@ -154,22 +154,22 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.8</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.0</version>
+                    <version>3.4.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.2</version>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <releaseProfiles>pmd-release,sign</releaseProfiles>
                         <pushChanges>true</pushChanges>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.0</version>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <!-- Kotlin compiler for test-compile -->
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.8.1</version>
+                    <version>3.10.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <release>${java.version}</release>
                     </configuration>
@@ -249,27 +249,27 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.8.2</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5.2</version>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.0</version>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.3</version>
+                    <version>3.4.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -325,12 +325,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                    <version>3.3.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -402,12 +402,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.19.1</version>
+                    <version>${surefire.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -473,22 +473,22 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0-M1</version>
+                    <version>4.0.0-M4</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.5</version>
+                    <version>2.14.2</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.6.8</version>
+                    <version>1.6.13</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.8.5</version>
+                    <version>0.8.8</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse
                     m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself. -->
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jxr-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
             </plugin>
 
             <plugin>
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9</version>
+                <version>3.4.2</version>
                 <reportSets>
                     <reportSet>
                         <reports>