diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9d8daed..68f05a3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 
 * BREAKING: Remove Spring Dependency Management
 * Upgrade kemitix-checkstyle-ruleset to 3.1.0
+* Upgrade maven-pmd to 3.8 (PMD 5.6.1)
 * Add deploy to nexus from Travis CI
 * Add Pitest Mutation testing
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a24390d..1f701bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.20</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.20</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
-        <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.7</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
+        <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.8</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
         <huntbugs.version>0.0.11</huntbugs.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.7.9</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <highwheel-maven.version>1.2</highwheel-maven.version>