diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 018a793..f35e465 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5</version>
+                <version>3.6</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>pmd</id>
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5</version>
+                <version>3.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <linkXref>true</linkXref>
                 </configuration>