diff --git a/pmd7/build.gradle.kts b/pmd7/build.gradle.kts
index 8786650aa..cefbe2754 100644
--- a/pmd7/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pmd7/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 // Keep this in sync with src/Constants.ts > PMD7_VERSION
-var pmd7Version = "7.8.0"
+var pmd7Version = "7.9.0"
 
 val pmdDist7Dir = "$buildDir/../../dist/pmd7"
 
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-xml:$pmd7Version")
 }
 
+// TEMPORARY - FOR SOME REASON WHEN UPGRADING TO PMD 7.9.0, THE TRANSITIVE DEPENDENCY:
+//    io.github.apex-dev-tools:apex-parser
+// IS GETTING PULLED IN AS 4.3.1 INSTEAD OF THE LISTED 4.3.0 AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE A BUG: A MISSING DEPENDENCY LISTED.
+// SO WE SHOULD FORCE 4.3.0 TO GET PULLED IN INSTEAD UNTIL THIS IS FIXED.
+// See https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5456
+// TODO: As soon as the pmd folks fix this ^... we should remove this workaround:
+configurations.all {
+  resolutionStrategy {
+    force("io.github.apex-dev-tools:apex-parser:4.3.0")
+  }
+}
+
 tasks.register<Copy>("copyDependencies") {
   from(configurations.runtimeClasspath)
   into("$pmdDist7Dir/lib")
diff --git a/src/Constants.ts b/src/Constants.ts
index fc10b9cc5..f99511813 100644
--- a/src/Constants.ts
+++ b/src/Constants.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os = require('os');
 import path = require('path');
 
 // Keep this in sync with <repoRoot>/pmd7/build.gradle.kts > pmd7Version
-export const PMD7_VERSION = '7.8.0';
+export const PMD7_VERSION = '7.9.0';
 
 export const PMD_APPEXCHANGE_RULES_VERSION = '0.16';