diff --git a/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh b/ant/simple-project/.ci/build.sh
index 2e135ac..571b1b4 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=7.11.0
+PMD_VERSION=7.12.0
 
 BASEDIR="$(pwd)"
 mkdir -p tools
diff --git a/custom-rules/maven-java/README.md b/custom-rules/maven-java/README.md
index c27b9b8..92a39b2 100644
--- a/custom-rules/maven-java/README.md
+++ b/custom-rules/maven-java/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ The result is a zip file: `target/pmd-java-bin-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.zip`.
 
     ```xml
     <properties>
-            <pmd.version>7.11.0</pmd.version>
+            <pmd.version>7.12.0</pmd.version>
     </properties>
     ...
     <plugin>
diff --git a/custom-rules/maven-java/pom.xml b/custom-rules/maven-java/pom.xml
index e255e77..2052847 100644
--- a/custom-rules/maven-java/pom.xml
+++ b/custom-rules/maven-java/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
-    <pmd.version>7.11.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.12.0</pmd.version>
     <pmd-designer.version>7.10.0</pmd-designer.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/custom-rules/maven-plsql/pom.xml b/custom-rules/maven-plsql/pom.xml
index bbbdcc4..ecdb1c3 100644
--- a/custom-rules/maven-plsql/pom.xml
+++ b/custom-rules/maven-plsql/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.release>${java.version}</maven.compiler.release>
-    <pmd.version>7.11.0</pmd.version>
+    <pmd.version>7.12.0</pmd.version>
     <pmd-designer.version>7.10.0</pmd-designer.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/custom-rules/plain-java/.ci/build.sh b/custom-rules/plain-java/.ci/build.sh
index 16fb15c..2ef2bbc 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=7.11.0
+PMD_VERSION=7.12.0
 
 echo
 echo "======================================================="
diff --git a/custom-rules/plain-java/README.md b/custom-rules/plain-java/README.md
index 4975022..a8bf25e 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-7.11.0-bin.zip:
+2.  Get the binary distribution of PMD from <https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases>, e.g. pmd-dist-7.12.0-bin.zip:
 
-        $ wget https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F7.11.0/pmd-dist-7.11.0-bin.zip
+        $ wget https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F7.12.0/pmd-dist-7.12.0-bin.zip
 
-3.  Extract the zip file, e.g. `unzip pmd-dist-7.11.0-bin.zip`
+3.  Extract the zip file, e.g. `unzip pmd-dist-7.12.0-bin.zip`
 
-        $ unzip pmd-dist-7.11.0-bin.zip
+        $ unzip pmd-dist-7.12.0-bin.zip
 
-4.  Now, the pmd binaries are installed under `~/code/pmd-bin-7.11.0`.
+4.  Now, the pmd binaries are installed under `~/code/pmd-bin-7.12.0`.
 
-    This also includes the libraries in `~/code/pmd-bin-7.11.0/lib`.
+    This also includes the libraries in `~/code/pmd-bin-7.12.0/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-7.11.0/lib/*' src/*.java
+        $ javac -d build -cp '../../../pmd-bin-7.12.0/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-7.11.0/bin/pmd check --no-cache -f text -d testsrc -R myrule.xml
+        $ CLASSPATH=custom-rule-example.jar ../../pmd-bin-7.12.0/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 dc87022..f8803ae 100644
--- a/gradle/simple-project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/gradle/simple-project/app/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ tasks.named('test') {
 }
 
 pmd {
-    toolVersion = "7.11.0"
+    toolVersion = "7.12.0"
     consoleOutput = true
 
     //ruleSets = ["category/java/errorprone.xml"] // default
diff --git a/maven/simple-project/README.md b/maven/simple-project/README.md
index 923a613..be17bcb 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=7.11.0-SNAPSHOT -Dpmd.plugin.version=3.27.0-SNAPSHOT
+    mvn clean verify -Dpmd.version=7.13.0-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 dc5c5af..2e729bf 100644
--- a/maven/simple-project/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/simple-project/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <pmd.plugin.version>3.26.0</pmd.plugin.version>
-        <pmd.version>7.11.0</pmd.version>
+        <pmd.version>7.12.0</pmd.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>