diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a02ee527..8ee0a129 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ checkstyle {
 
 pmd {
     maxFailures = 60
-    toolVersion = "6.55.0"
+    toolVersion = "7.2.0"
     sourceSets = [sourceSets.main, sourceSets.test, sourceSets.functionalTest, sourceSets.integrationTest, sourceSets.smokeTest]
     reportsDir = file("$project.buildDir/reports/pmd")
     // https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/876