diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b88e31639a7..68b849724ac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
 				<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>