diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13ef6add..5003f6eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <tycho.version>5.0.2</tycho.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <pmd.version>7.24.0</pmd.version>
-    <pmd.build-tools.version>37</pmd.build-tools.version>
+    <pmd.build-tools.version>38</pmd.build-tools.version>
     <checkstyle.version>13.4.2</checkstyle.version>
     <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.6.0</checkstyle.plugin.version>
     <pmd.plugin.version>3.28.0</pmd.plugin.version>