diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 547fac6b1e..5076bdd6bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Objective-C, Perl, PHP, PLSQL, Python, Ruby, Salesforce.com Apex, Scala, Swift a
 
         <argLine>-Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding}</argLine>
 
-        <pmd.build-tools.version>4-SNAPSHOT</pmd.build-tools.version>
+        <pmd.build-tools.version>5</pmd.build-tools.version>
 
         <pmd-designer.version>6.17.0</pmd-designer.version>
     </properties>