diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 455b347..31ba893 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ not provided by the extension. For example:
 
 ```java
 repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL);
-scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 3)));
+scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 4)));
 ```
diff --git a/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java b/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java
index 70bda22..ea28912 100644
--- a/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java
+++ b/examples/src/bld/java/com/example/ExamplesBuild.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ExamplesBuild extends BaseProject {
 
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL);
 
-        scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 3)));
+        scope(test).include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 4)));
 
         testOperation().mainClass("com.example.ExamplesTest");
     }
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
index 6d3e0c7..c5da09f 100644
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.extension-exec=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-exec:1.0.4
-bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:1.2.0
+bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:1.2.1
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,MAVEN_LOCAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.sourceDirectories=
 bld.version=2.2.1
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java
index 58c8366..ddf550c 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CheckstyleOperationBuild.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class CheckstyleOperationBuild extends Project {
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2, 2, 1)));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 3)))
+                .include(dependency("com.puppycrawl.tools", "checkstyle", version(10, 21, 4)))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 12, 0)))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 12, 0)))
                 .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 27, 3)));