diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb94dfe17..bcd242872 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.7</version>
+          <version>3.8</version>
           <configuration>
             <sourceEncoding>utf-8</sourceEncoding>
             <minimumTokens>100</minimumTokens>