diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d32afc..6575557 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.20.0</version>
+								<version>7.21.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.20.0</version>
+								<version>7.21.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/thread-origin-agent/pom.xml b/thread-origin-agent/pom.xml
index c2b550f..196b136 100644
--- a/thread-origin-agent/pom.xml
+++ b/thread-origin-agent/pom.xml
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.20.0</version>
+								<version>7.21.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.20.0</version>
+								<version>7.21.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>