diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 527a70a11..de4d4a2f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
         <reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</reporting.checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>2.7</reporting.cobertura-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.pmd-plugin.version>3.5</reporting.pmd-plugin.version>
+        <reporting.pmd-plugin.version>3.6</reporting.pmd-plugin.version>
     </properties>
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>