diff --git a/pmd/project.xml b/pmd/project.xml
index 9b443843..be22f78d 100644
--- a/pmd/project.xml
+++ b/pmd/project.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>pmd</groupId>
       <artifactId>pmd</artifactId>
-      <version>3.7</version>
+      <version>3.9</version>
       <url>http://pmd.sourceforge.net</url>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -166,10 +166,15 @@
       <artifactId>oro</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.8</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>asm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
       <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1-beta-9</version>
+      <version>1.1-beta-10</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml b/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml
index 340f3cdd..ff2516be 100644
--- a/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.10-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="jjensen" type="update">Upgrade to PMD 3.9.</action>
       <action dev="jjensen" type="add">Add "Goals" page.</action>
       <action dev="jjensen" type="update">Update/clarify properties and add "Default" column to "Properties" page.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPPMD-30">Cannot run pmd with Strings rulesets.</action>
