diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d38e793524..bc43545a09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ on:
   schedule:
     # build it monthly: At 04:00 on day-of-month 1.
     - cron:  '0 4 1 * *'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "MAVEN_OPTS=-Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=180 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -DautoReleaseAfterClose=true -DstagingProgressTimeoutMinutes=30" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/11/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/12/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Check Environment
       shell: bash
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/git-repo-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/git-repo-sync.yml
index 510f048c44..4476dcae95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/git-repo-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/git-repo-sync.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/11/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/12/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Sync
       run: .ci/git-repo-sync.sh
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/troubleshooting.yml b/.github/workflows/troubleshooting.yml
index d5a8965dad..10a35d9785 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/troubleshooting.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/troubleshooting.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "MAVEN_OPTS=-Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=180 -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=3 -DstagingProgressTimeoutMinutes=30" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/11/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PMD_CI_SCRIPTS_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pmd/build-tools/12/scripts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Check Environment
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 068c80b77c..3b89a6eaaf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
         <argLine>-Xmx512m -Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding}</argLine>
 
-        <pmd.build-tools.version>11</pmd.build-tools.version>
+        <pmd.build-tools.version>12</pmd.build-tools.version>
 
         <pmd-designer.version>6.27.0</pmd-designer.version>
     </properties>