diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d069dc6..0c03cd5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.7.0</version>
+								<version>7.8.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.7.0</version>
+								<version>7.8.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/template-placeholder/pom.xml b/template-placeholder/pom.xml
index 3a5bc8e..2269f3f 100644
--- a/template-placeholder/pom.xml
+++ b/template-placeholder/pom.xml
@@ -284,12 +284,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.7.0</version>
+								<version>7.8.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.7.0</version>
+								<version>7.8.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>