diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index f7e10f8..bf65051 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java-version: [17, 21, 23]
+        java-version: [17, 21, 22]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
index 2641880..3d3203c 100644
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     <!-- BEST PRACTICES -->
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml">
         <exclude name="AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
+        <exclude name="JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
+        <exclude name="JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
         <exclude name="GuardLogStatement"/>
-        <exclude name="UnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts"/>
-        <exclude name="UnitTestShouldUseTestAnnotation"/>
     </rule>
 
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/MissingOverride">
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
index c7e57d6..f0eeace 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class PmdOperationBuild extends Project {
     public PmdOperationBuild() {
         pkg = "rife.bld.extension";
         name = "bld-pmd";
-        version = version(1, 1, 7);
+        version = version(1, 1, 6);
 
         javaRelease = 17;
 
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ public class PmdOperationBuild extends Project {
         
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES, RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS);
 
-        var pmd = version(7, 7, 0);
+        var pmd = version(7, 6, 0);
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2, 1, 0)))
                 .include(dependency("net.sourceforge.pmd", "pmd-java", pmd));
         scope(runtime)
                 .include(dependency("org.slf4j", "slf4j-simple", version(2, 0, 16)));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 11, 3)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 11, 3)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 11, 1)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 11, 1)))
                 .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 26, 3)));
 
         javadocOperation()