diff --git a/hierarchical-stopwatch/pom.xml b/hierarchical-stopwatch/pom.xml
index 0aa6d02..a67b93b 100644
--- a/hierarchical-stopwatch/pom.xml
+++ b/hierarchical-stopwatch/pom.xml
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.20.0</version>
+								<version>7.22.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9d6346..2e45e8a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.20.0</version>
+								<version>7.22.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>