diff --git a/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/build.xml b/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/build.xml
index 7193098ddc..e3ee61fae2 100644
--- a/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/build.xml
+++ b/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/build.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<property name="src" value="src/"/>
 	<property name="lib" value="lib"/>
 	<property name="build" value="build"/>
-	<property name="pmdjar" value="pmd-1.7.jar"/>
+	<property name="pmdjar" value="pmd-1.8.jar"/>
 	<property name="pluginversion" value="2.5"/>
 	<property name="jedit.install.dir" value="../.."/>
 	<property name="jedit.jars.dir" value="${jedit.install.dir}\jars"/>
diff --git a/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/etc/changelog.txt
index 9e2eeefdaf..1b0d59933d 100644
--- a/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ??? - 2.5
-- Updated to PMD 1.7
+- Updated to PMD 1.8
 
 22 March 2004- 2.4
 - Optimized usage of ErrorSource for faster Error Highlighting.
diff --git a/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/lib/pmd-swingui-0.1.jar b/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/lib/pmd-swingui-0.1.jar
index ebf4073b1a..409792feee 100644
Binary files a/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/lib/pmd-swingui-0.1.jar and b/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/lib/pmd-swingui-0.1.jar differ
diff --git a/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/pmd.props b/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/pmd.props
index 94e4adbcb7..0a3d45d7cd 100644
--- a/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/pmd.props
+++ b/pmd-jedit/PMDPlugin/pmd.props
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ plugin.net.sourceforge.pmd.jedit.PMDJEditPlugin.docs=jedit.html
 plugin.net.sourceforge.pmd.jedit.PMDJEditPlugin.depend.0=jdk 1.3
 plugin.net.sourceforge.pmd.jedit.PMDJEditPlugin.depend.1=jedit 04.02.08.00
 plugin.net.sourceforge.pmd.jedit.PMDJEditPlugin.depend.2=plugin errorlist.ErrorListPlugin 1.3.2
-plugin.net.sourceforge.pmd.jedit.PMDJEditPlugin.jars=pmd-1.7.jar jaxen-core-1.0-fcs.jar saxpath-1.0-fcs.jar pmd-swingui-0.1.jar
+plugin.net.sourceforge.pmd.jedit.PMDJEditPlugin.jars=pmd-1.8.jar jaxen-core-1.0-fcs.jar saxpath-1.0-fcs.jar pmd-swingui-0.1.jar
 
 #
 # Menu properties