diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/pmd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/pmd/default.nix
index 89b0a33c068..3724494da11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/pmd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/pmd/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "pmd-${version}";
-  version = "6.8.0";
+  version = "6.9.0";
 
   buildInputs = [ unzip ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/pmd/pmd-bin-${version}.zip";
-    sha256 = "1vfkg2l3sl5ahhs89nvkg0z1ah1k67c44nwpvaymq73rb2bb8ibr";
+    sha256 = "13w07f68gfcjy3a2zk4z4b0f95qscbkjlylckphmyxhw7vmgzlmn";
   };
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "An extensible cross-language static code analyzer.";
+    description = "An extensible cross-language static code analyzer";
     homepage = https://pmd.github.io/;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     license = with licenses; [ bsdOriginal asl20 ];