diff --git a/etc/pmd-configuration.xml b/etc/pmd-configuration.xml
index e7b178ee..927db432 100644
--- a/etc/pmd-configuration.xml
+++ b/etc/pmd-configuration.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     <exclude name="JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
     <exclude name="JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert"/>
     <exclude name="JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage"/>
-    <exclude name="UnusedImports"/>
     <exclude name="GuardLogStatement"/>
     <exclude name="AccessorMethodGeneration"/>
     <exclude name="JUnit5TestShouldBePackagePrivate"/>
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@
     <exclude name="FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass"/>
     <exclude name="CommentDefaultAccessModifier"/>
     <exclude name="LocalVariableCouldBeFinal"/>
-    <exclude name="DefaultPackage"/>
     <exclude name="LongVariable"/>
     <exclude name="ShortVariable"/>
     <exclude name="ShortClassName"/>
@@ -69,16 +67,8 @@
     <exclude name="FinalFieldCouldBeStatic"/>
     <exclude name="AvoidUncheckedExceptionsInSignatures"/>
     <exclude name="ExcessiveImports"/>
-    <exclude name="ImmutableField"/>
   </rule>
-  <rule ref="category/java/design.xml/ImmutableField">
-    <properties>
-      <property name="ignoredAnnotations" value="org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir|javax.inject.Inject|com.google.inject.Inject"/>
-    </properties>
-  </rule>
-
   <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
-    <exclude name="DataflowAnomalyAnalysis"/>
     <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals"/>
     <exclude name="TestClassWithoutTestCases"/>
     <exclude name="EmptyCatchBlock"/>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 92f815e7..c16175bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.21.2</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
-    <pmd.version>6.55.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.0.0-rc4</pmd.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <checkstyle.version>10.14.0</checkstyle.version>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.8.3.1</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
@@ -559,6 +559,11 @@
           </excludeRoots>
         </configuration>
         <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pmd-compat6</artifactId>
+            <version>${pmd.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
             <artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
@@ -569,6 +574,16 @@
             <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
             <version>${pmd.version}</version>
           </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pmd-javascript</artifactId>
+            <version>${pmd.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pmd-jsp</artifactId>
+            <version>${pmd.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
         </dependencies>
         <executions>
           <execution>