diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
index d074b20..3d3203c 100644
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         <exclude name="AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
         <exclude name="JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
         <exclude name="JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
+        <exclude name="GuardLogStatement"/>
     </rule>
 
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/MissingOverride">
@@ -23,17 +24,20 @@
     <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml">
         <exclude name="AtLeastOneConstructor"/>
         <exclude name="ClassNamingConventions"/>
-        <exclude name="ConfusingTernary"/>
         <exclude name="CommentDefaultAccessModifier"/>
+        <exclude name="ConfusingTernary"/>
         <exclude name="FieldNamingConventions"/>
+        <exclude name="LocalVariableCouldBeFinal"/>
         <exclude name="LongVariable"/>
+        <exclude name="MethodArgumentCouldBeFinal"/>
         <exclude name="OnlyOneReturn"/>
         <exclude name="PackageCase"/>
         <exclude name="ShortClassName"/>
         <exclude name="ShortMethodName"/>
         <exclude name="ShortVariable"/>
-        <exclude name="UselessParentheses"/>
+        <exclude name="UseExplicitTypes"/>
         <exclude name="UseUnderscoresInNumericLiterals"/>
+        <exclude name="UselessParentheses"/>
     </rule>
 
     <rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/UnnecessaryImport">
@@ -49,8 +53,6 @@
         <exclude name="AvoidUncheckedExceptionsInSignatures"/>
         <exclude name="CognitiveComplexity"/>
         <exclude name="CyclomaticComplexity"/>
-        <exclude name="ExcessiveClassLength"/>
-        <exclude name="ExcessiveMethodLength"/>
         <exclude name="ExcessiveParameterList"/>
         <exclude name="ExcessivePublicCount"/>
         <exclude name="GodClass"/>
@@ -77,7 +79,6 @@
         <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
         <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName"/>
         <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
-        <exclude name="EmptyCatchBlock"/>
         <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
     </rule>
 
@@ -93,13 +94,6 @@
             <property name="skipAnnotations" value="true"/>
         </properties>
     </rule>
-    <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/EmptyCatchBlock">
-        <properties>
-            <property name="allowExceptionNameRegex">
-                <value>^ignore$</value>
-            </property>
-        </properties>
-    </rule>
 
     <!-- MULTITHREADING -->
     <rule ref="category/java/multithreading.xml">
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
index 72ab204..e03690d 100644
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
 bld.extension-exec=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-exec:0.9.2
 bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.3
-bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:0.9.7
+bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:0.9.9
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_RELEASES,MAVEN_LOCAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=