diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2af52c7029..5e9147992c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -538,12 +538,12 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                         <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-                        <version>6.0.1</version>
+                        <version>6.1.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                         <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-                        <version>6.0.1</version>
+                        <version>6.1.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <!-- This contains the dogfood ruleset -->
                     <dependency>