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title: PMD Release Notes
permalink: pmd_release_notes.html
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## ????? - 6.5.0-SNAPSHOT

The PMD team is pleased to announce PMD 6.5.0.

This is a minor release.

### Table Of Contents

* [New and noteworthy](#new-and-noteworthy)
    *   [Modified Rules](#modified-rules)
* [Fixed Issues](#fixed-issues)
* [API Changes](#api-changes)
* [External Contributions](#external-contributions)

### New and noteworthy

#### Modified Rules

*   The Java rule [UnnecessaryModifier](pmd_rules_java_codestyle.html#unnecessarymodifier) (`java-codestyle`)
    now detects enum constrcutors with explicit `private` modifier. The rule now produces better error messages
    letting you know exactly which modifiers are redundant at each declaration.

### Fixed Issues

### API Changes

### External Contributions