diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a3d2dd32..0457de34d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <jsoup.version>1.17.2</jsoup.version>
     <json.version>20240303</json.version>
     <json-smart.version>2.5.1</json-smart.version>
-    <pmd.api.version>7.0.0</pmd.api.version>
+    <pmd.api.version>7.1.0</pmd.api.version>
     <spotbugs.api.version>4.8.4</spotbugs.api.version>
 
     <incrementals-plugin.version>1.8</incrementals-plugin.version>
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/PmdParserTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/PmdParserTest.java
index 6ca0f0f02..63052bd37 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/PmdParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/PmdParserTest.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void issue12801() {
      */
     @Test
     void scanFileWithSeveralWarnings() {
-        Report report = parseInPmdFolder("pmd.xml");
+        Report report = parseInPmdFolder("pmd-report.xml");
 
         assertThat(report).hasSize(669);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/pmd/pmd.xml b/src/test/resources/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/pmd/pmd-report.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from src/test/resources/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/pmd/pmd.xml
rename to src/test/resources/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/pmd/pmd-report.xml