diff --git a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
index e3a9daa510..2c732c46dd 100644
--- a/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
+++ b/pmd-apex-jorje/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        <!-- apex jorje actually depends on 26.0-jre (https://github.com/forcedotcom/salesforcedx-vscode/commit/631b8cfb85cff5e989bfea13bca681b6cedcb003) -->
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11cefffb20..6d2b604d31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -762,8 +762,8 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                 <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-                <!-- using 30.0-android flavor instead of 30.0-jre, so that we are compatible with java7 -->
-                <version>30.0-android</version>
+                <!-- using 31.0.1-android flavor instead of 31.0.1-jre, so that we are compatible with java7 -->
+                <version>31.0.1-android</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>