diff --git a/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh b/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh
index c26e608..6863cd5 100755
--- a/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set -e
 
 ANT_VERSION=1.10.15
-PMD_VERSION=7.7.0
+PMD_VERSION=7.10.0
 
 BASEDIR="$(pwd)"
 mkdir -p tools
diff --git a/custom-rules/maven-java/README.md b/custom-rules/maven-java/README.md
index 73cc5c4..efc4c12 100644
--- a/custom-rules/maven-java/README.md
+++ b/custom-rules/maven-java/README.md
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ The result is a zip file: `target/pmd-java-bin-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.zip`.
 
     ```xml
     <properties>
-            <pmd.version>7.7.0</pmd.version>
+            <pmd.version>7.10.0</pmd.version>
     </properties>
     ...
     <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.25.0</version>
+        <version>3.26.0</version>
         <executions>
             <execution>
                 <phase>verify</phase>
diff --git a/custom-rules/maven-java/pom.xml b/custom-rules/maven-java/pom.xml
index 9a328da..4016e5d 100644
--- a/custom-rules/maven-java/pom.xml
+++ b/custom-rules/maven-java/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
-    <pmd.version>7.7.0</pmd.version>
-    <pmd-designer.version>7.2.0</pmd-designer.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.10.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd-designer.version>7.10.0</pmd-designer.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/custom-rules/maven-plsql/pom.xml b/custom-rules/maven-plsql/pom.xml
index 48b95b8..9e96211 100644
--- a/custom-rules/maven-plsql/pom.xml
+++ b/custom-rules/maven-plsql/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
-    <pmd.version>7.7.0</pmd.version>
-    <pmd-designer.version>7.2.0</pmd-designer.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.10.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd-designer.version>7.10.0</pmd-designer.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/custom-rules/plain-java/.ci/build.sh b/custom-rules/plain-java/.ci/build.sh
index 1b41a34..268c4c5 100755
--- a/custom-rules/plain-java/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/custom-rules/plain-java/.ci/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set -e
 java -version
 
-PMD_VERSION=7.7.0
+PMD_VERSION=7.10.0
 
 echo
 echo "======================================================="
diff --git a/custom-rules/plain-java/README.md b/custom-rules/plain-java/README.md
index 4250337..dbc7d96 100644
--- a/custom-rules/plain-java/README.md
+++ b/custom-rules/plain-java/README.md
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ Just with `javac` and `jar`.
 
     For the following steps, it is assumed, you are in that directory.
 
-2.  Get the binary distribution of PMD from <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases>, e.g. pmd-dist-7.7.0-bin.zip:
+2.  Get the binary distribution of PMD from <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases>, e.g. pmd-dist-7.10.0-bin.zip:
 
-        $ wget https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F7.7.0/pmd-dist-7.7.0-bin.zip
+        $ wget https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F7.10.0/pmd-dist-7.10.0-bin.zip
 
-3.  Extract the zip file, e.g. `unzip pmd-dist-7.7.0-bin.zip`
+3.  Extract the zip file, e.g. `unzip pmd-dist-7.10.0-bin.zip`
 
-        $ unzip pmd-dist-7.7.0-bin.zip
+        $ unzip pmd-dist-7.10.0-bin.zip
 
-4.  Now, the pmd binaries are installed under `~/code/pmd-bin-7.7.0`.
+4.  Now, the pmd binaries are installed under `~/code/pmd-bin-7.10.0`.
 
-    This also includes the libraries in `~/code/pmd-bin-7.7.0/lib`.
+    This also includes the libraries in `~/code/pmd-bin-7.10.0/lib`.
 
 ## Get the code from this example and build it
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Just with `javac` and `jar`.
 
 3.  Compile the sources, that are located in `src`, using the PMD libraries
 
-        $ javac -d build -cp '../../../pmd-bin-7.7.0/lib/*' src/*.java
+        $ javac -d build -cp '../../../pmd-bin-7.10.0/lib/*' src/*.java
 
 4.  Create a jar file
 
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ Just with `javac` and `jar`.
 
 1.  Run PMD with the just created jar file on the classpath, e.g. on the folder `testsrc`
 
-        $ CLASSPATH=custom-rule-example.jar ../../pmd-bin-7.7.0/bin/pmd check --no-cache -f text -d testsrc -R myrule.xml
+        $ CLASSPATH=custom-rule-example.jar ../../pmd-bin-7.10.0/bin/pmd check --no-cache -f text -d testsrc -R myrule.xml
         /home/andreas/code/pmd-examples/testsrc/Test.java:2:	Avoid the identifier foo.
diff --git a/gradle/simple-project/app/build.gradle b/gradle/simple-project/app/build.gradle
index c0646c1..79a62cc 100644
--- a/gradle/simple-project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle/simple-project/app/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ tasks.named('test') {
 }
 
 pmd {
-    toolVersion = "7.7.0"
+    toolVersion = "7.10.0"
     consoleOutput = true
 
     //ruleSets = ["category/java/errorprone.xml"] // default
diff --git a/gradle/simple-project/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/simple-project/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index f36c2f1..5d32d8d 100644
--- a/gradle/simple-project/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/simple-project/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [versions]
 guava = "32.1.3-jre"
-junit-jupiter = "5.10.0"
+junit-jupiter = "5.11.4"
 
 [libraries]
 guava = { module = "com.google.guava:guava", version.ref = "guava" }
diff --git a/gradle/simple-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/simple-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index df97d72..e18bc25 100644
--- a/gradle/simple-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/simple-project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/maven/simple-project/README.md b/maven/simple-project/README.md
index f1b20e6..923a613 100644
--- a/maven/simple-project/README.md
+++ b/maven/simple-project/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This should find the following violations in Main.java:
 
 Run with
 
-    mvn clean verify -Dpmd.version=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT -Dpmd.plugin.version=3.15.0-SNAPSHOT
+    mvn clean verify -Dpmd.version=7.11.0-SNAPSHOT -Dpmd.plugin.version=3.27.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 in order to set specific version for PMD and/or maven-pmd-plugin.
 
diff --git a/maven/simple-project/pom.xml b/maven/simple-project/pom.xml
index 2a736b7..1d3d2ea 100644
--- a/maven/simple-project/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/simple-project/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
         <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <pmd.plugin.version>3.25.0</pmd.plugin.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.7.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.plugin.version>3.26.0</pmd.plugin.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.10.0</pmd.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.12.1</version>
+                    <version>3.13.0</version>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>