diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 61e3f0a1a796303b7dcdb4948e5fc0bff7d22f4a..084739668e8d89dc514df4fd89430cb05238e31b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         "behat/mink-selenium2-driver": "1.3.0",
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "1.11.6",
         "phploc/phploc": "2.0.6",
-        "phpmd/phpmd": "1.5.0",
+        "phpmd/phpmd": "2.4.2",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "4.8.27",
         "sebastian/phpcpd": "2.0.0",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "2.6.0"