diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7efbb21f56..07fc342ed7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
 
         <argLine>-Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding}</argLine>
 
-        <pmd.build-tools.version>2</pmd.build-tools.version>
+        <pmd.build-tools.version>3-SNAPSHOT</pmd.build-tools.version>
 
         <pmd-designer.version>6.14.0</pmd-designer.version>
     </properties>