diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 627953f4db1..57d44b71b6c 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
                             <artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-                            <version>7.10.0</version>
+                            <version>7.11.0</version>
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                     <configuration>
diff --git a/rt/bindings/corba/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/binding/corba/types/AbstractStartEndEventProducer.java b/rt/bindings/corba/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/binding/corba/types/AbstractStartEndEventProducer.java
index 43938b2d4d6..3a28b0fb3be 100644
--- a/rt/bindings/corba/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/binding/corba/types/AbstractStartEndEventProducer.java
+++ b/rt/bindings/corba/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/binding/corba/types/AbstractStartEndEventProducer.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.cxf.service.model.ServiceInfo;
 import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD.FinalFieldCouldBeStatic")
 public abstract class AbstractStartEndEventProducer implements
         CorbaTypeEventProducer {
 
diff --git a/rt/bindings/corba/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/binding/corba/types/CorbaOctetSequenceEventProducer.java b/rt/bindings/corba/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/binding/corba/types/CorbaOctetSequenceEventProducer.java
index da3deb43e41..cd6010f2e4d 100644
--- a/rt/bindings/corba/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/binding/corba/types/CorbaOctetSequenceEventProducer.java
+++ b/rt/bindings/corba/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/binding/corba/types/CorbaOctetSequenceEventProducer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.events.Attribute;
 import javax.xml.stream.events.Namespace;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD.FinalFieldCouldBeStatic")
 public class CorbaOctetSequenceEventProducer implements CorbaTypeEventProducer {
 
     int state;
diff --git a/systests/transports/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/http/HTTPConduitIoExceptionsTest.java b/systests/transports/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/http/HTTPConduitIoExceptionsTest.java
index 6cc0f3681b8..9a7b7993b9e 100644
--- a/systests/transports/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/http/HTTPConduitIoExceptionsTest.java
+++ b/systests/transports/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/http/HTTPConduitIoExceptionsTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public void testServiceUnavailable() throws Exception {
 
         exception.expect(WebServiceException.class);
         exception.expectCause(new TypeSafeMatcher<Throwable>() {
-            private final String message = "HTTP response '503: Service Unavailable' when "
+            private static final String message = "HTTP response '503: Service Unavailable' when "
                 + "communicating with http://localhost:" + BadServer.PORT + "/Mortimer";
 
             @Override
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public void testNotFound() throws Exception {
 
         exception.expect(WebServiceException.class);
         exception.expectCause(new TypeSafeMatcher<Throwable>() {
-            private final String message = "HTTP response '404: Not Found' when "
+            private static final String message = "HTTP response '404: Not Found' when "
                 + "communicating with http://localhost:" + BadServer.PORT + "/Mortimer";
 
             @Override
diff --git a/systests/transports/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/servlet/NoSpringServletClientTest.java b/systests/transports/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/servlet/NoSpringServletClientTest.java
index f7933587344..175450fce0f 100644
--- a/systests/transports/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/servlet/NoSpringServletClientTest.java
+++ b/systests/transports/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/systest/servlet/NoSpringServletClientTest.java
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 
 public class NoSpringServletClientTest extends AbstractServletTest {
     private static final String PORT = NoSpringServletServer.PORT;
+    private static final String SERVICE_URL = "http://localhost:" + PORT + "/soap/";
     private static Bus serverBus;
     private static NoSpringServletServer server;
     private final QName portName = new QName("http://apache.org/hello_world_soap_http", "SoapPort");
-    private final String serviceURL = "http://localhost:" + PORT + "/soap/";
     
     @BeforeClass
     public static void startServers() throws Exception {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public static void shutdownServer() throws Exception {
 
     @Test
     public void testBasicConnection() throws Exception {
-        SOAPService service = new SOAPService(new URL(serviceURL + "Greeter?wsdl"));
+        SOAPService service = new SOAPService(new URL(SERVICE_URL + "Greeter?wsdl"));
         Greeter greeter = service.getPort(portName, Greeter.class);
         try {
             String reply = greeter.greetMe("test");
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public void testBasicConnection() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testHelloService() throws Exception {
         JaxWsProxyFactoryBean cpfb = new JaxWsProxyFactoryBean();
-        String address = serviceURL + "Hello";
+        String address = SERVICE_URL + "Hello";
         cpfb.setServiceClass(Hello.class);
         cpfb.setAddress(address);
         Hello hello = (Hello) cpfb.create();
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ private void startServer() {
     @Test
     public void testGetServiceList() throws Exception {
         try (CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.createDefault()) {
-            final HttpGet method = new HttpGet(serviceURL + "/services");
+            final HttpGet method = new HttpGet(SERVICE_URL + "/services");
 
             try (CloseableHttpResponse res = client.execute(method)) {
                 HTMLDocumentImpl doc = parse(res.getEntity().getContent());
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ public void testGetServiceList() throws Exception {
                     s.add(l.getHref());
                 }
                 assertEquals("There should be 3 links for the service", 3, links.size());
-                assertTrue(s.contains(serviceURL + "Greeter?wsdl"));
-                assertTrue(s.contains(serviceURL + "Hello?wsdl"));
-                assertTrue(s.contains(serviceURL + "?wsdl"));
+                assertTrue(s.contains(SERVICE_URL + "Greeter?wsdl"));
+                assertTrue(s.contains(SERVICE_URL + "Hello?wsdl"));
+                assertTrue(s.contains(SERVICE_URL + "?wsdl"));
                 assertEquals("text/html", getContentType(res));
             }
         }