diff --git a/advanced-demo/pom.xml b/advanced-demo/pom.xml
index 7eb4c05d..8e86d4fe 100644
--- a/advanced-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/advanced-demo/pom.xml
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@
 							<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/base/pom.xml b/base/pom.xml
index d365d702..5be2bfb9 100644
--- a/base/pom.xml
+++ b/base/pom.xml
@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@
 							<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/db-jdbc-spring-orm-hibernate/pom.xml b/db-jdbc-spring-orm-hibernate/pom.xml
index 516ee7a2..758fef53 100644
--- a/db-jdbc-spring-orm-hibernate/pom.xml
+++ b/db-jdbc-spring-orm-hibernate/pom.xml
@@ -297,12 +297,12 @@
 							<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/db-jdbc-spring-orm/pom.xml b/db-jdbc-spring-orm/pom.xml
index 4ae08701..b7f20778 100644
--- a/db-jdbc-spring-orm/pom.xml
+++ b/db-jdbc-spring-orm/pom.xml
@@ -295,12 +295,12 @@
 							<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/db-jdbc/pom.xml b/db-jdbc/pom.xml
index a22bc30c..c850a129 100644
--- a/db-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/db-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@
 							<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/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
index 6db5b463..5ec1b7f8 100644
--- a/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jul-to-slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -280,12 +280,12 @@
 							<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/mockserver/pom.xml b/mockserver/pom.xml
index 0eea5ee5..c5a60790 100644
--- a/mockserver/pom.xml
+++ b/mockserver/pom.xml
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@
 							<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/oidc-server-mock/pom.xml b/oidc-server-mock/pom.xml
index 5fd9693f..6f9b29ef 100644
--- a/oidc-server-mock/pom.xml
+++ b/oidc-server-mock/pom.xml
@@ -286,12 +286,12 @@
 							<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/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e2aeabb..0237e510 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@
 							<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/selenium/pom.xml b/selenium/pom.xml
index c9e52363..4403ca26 100644
--- a/selenium/pom.xml
+++ b/selenium/pom.xml
@@ -335,12 +335,12 @@
 							<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/spring-dao-support/pom.xml b/spring-dao-support/pom.xml
index ab1ce52a..09989646 100644
--- a/spring-dao-support/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-dao-support/pom.xml
@@ -312,12 +312,12 @@
 							<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>