diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c7a98f1c..73af3c89 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ checkstyle {
 }
 
 pmd {
-  toolVersion = "6.55.0"
+  toolVersion = "7.23.0"
   sourceSets = [sourceSets.main, sourceSets.test, sourceSets.functionalTest, sourceSets.integrationTest, sourceSets.smokeTest]
   reportsDir = file("$project.buildDir/reports/pmd")
   // https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/876