diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 32c997f..b40ea62 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.github.spotbugs.snom:spotbugs-gradle-plugin:6.0.22"
     implementation "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.21.4"
     implementation "io.freefair.gradle:lombok-plugin:8.13.1"
-    implementation "net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-java:7.11.0"
+    implementation "net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-java:7.16.0"
 }
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