diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
index 2641880..f08a17a 100644
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
         <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName"/>
         <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
         <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
+        <exclude name="UseLocaleWithCaseConversions"/>
     </rule>
 
     <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AssignmentInOperand">
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
index eead308..aba3ab3 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class PmdOperationBuild extends Project {
     public PmdOperationBuild() {
         pkg = "rife.bld.extension";
         name = "bld-pmd";
-        version = version(1, 3, 0);
+        version = version(1, 3, 1);
 
         javaRelease = 17;