diff --git a/pmd/plugin.jelly b/pmd/plugin.jelly
index 93cd1294..c19e138e 100644
--- a/pmd/plugin.jelly
+++ b/pmd/plugin.jelly
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <path id="pmd-classpath">
       <pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('pmd:pmd')}" />
       <pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('jaxen:jaxen')}" />
-      <pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('saxpath:saxpath')}" />
+      <pathelement path="${plugin.getDependencyPath('oro:oro')}" />
       <pathelement path="${pom.getDependencyClasspath()}" />
       <path refid="maven.dependency.classpath" />
     </path>
diff --git a/pmd/project.xml b/pmd/project.xml
index d358c288..ffc820cd 100644
--- a/pmd/project.xml
+++ b/pmd/project.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@
       <version>3.7</version>
       <url>http://pmd.sourceforge.net</url>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>oro</groupId>
+      <artifactId>oro</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.8</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jaxen</groupId>
       <artifactId>jaxen</artifactId>
diff --git a/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml b/pmd/xdocs/changes.xml
index c6b10bb4..3146ce89 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="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPPMD-30">Cannot run pmd with Strings rulesets.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" due-to="James Dempsey">Add an alternative jsl stylesheet that includes priority information.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPPMD-27">Allow custom JSL stylesheet to be defined via a property.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="update">Update dependencies to unify them between plugins. The following dependencies are updated : jaxen v1.0-FCS-full to 1.1-beta-9. The following dependencies are removed : saxpath.</action>