diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b90de0ef..10918354b 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>6.55.0</pmd.api.version>
+    <pmd.api.version>7.0.0</pmd.api.version>
     <spotbugs.api.version>4.8.3</spotbugs.api.version>
 
     <incrementals-plugin.version>1.7</incrementals-plugin.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/pmd/PmdMessages.java b/src/main/java/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/pmd/PmdMessages.java
index 5b805e85c..7e3f1988d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/pmd/PmdMessages.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/hm/hafner/analysis/parser/pmd/PmdMessages.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.Rule;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleSet;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleSetLoader;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.Rule;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RuleSet;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RuleSetLoader;
 
 import static j2html.TagCreator.*;