diff --git a/rules/pom.xml b/rules/pom.xml
index 1e97c6f..465dd5d 100644
--- a/rules/pom.xml
+++ b/rules/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-			<version>7.26.0</version>
+			<version>7.27.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>