diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5c7707561..59898ebbb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ checkstyle {
 }
 
 pmd {
-  toolVersion = "7.15.0"
+  toolVersion = "7.18.0"
   sourceSets = [sourceSets.main, sourceSets.test, sourceSets.smokeTest, sourceSets.functionalTest]
   reportsDir = file("$project.buildDir/reports/pmd")
   // https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/876