diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58ecc91..27f96f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Improve PMD update procedure by @adangel in [#174](https://github.com/ChuckJonas/vscode-apex-pmd/pull/174)
 - Bump micromatch from 4.0.5 to 4.0.8 by @adangel in [#175](https://github.com/ChuckJonas/vscode-apex-pmd/pull/175)
+- Upgrade PMD from 7.0.0 to 7.6.0 by @adangel in [#176](https://github.com/ChuckJonas/vscode-apex-pmd/pull/176)
 
 ### Deprecated
 ### Removed
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 50ead1b..6e05b73 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
     }
   },
   "config": {
-    "pmdVersion": "7.0.0"
+    "pmdVersion": "7.6.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "postinstall": "pmd-packager/upgrade.sh",