diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 523387a..4201763 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     <sonar.version>3.4.0.905</sonar.version>
     <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
     <!-- General dependencies -->
-    <pmd.rules.version>7.8.0</pmd.rules.version>
+    <pmd.rules.version>7.9.0</pmd.rules.version>
     <!-- Testing -->
     <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
     <cactoos-matchers.version>0.25</cactoos-matchers.version>