diff --git a/pmd-cataloger/build.gradle.kts b/pmd-cataloger/build.gradle.kts
index 966b43f10..bc7f90997 100644
--- a/pmd-cataloger/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pmd-cataloger/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ group = "sfdx"
 version = "1.0"
 
 val distDir = "$buildDir/../../dist"
-val pmdVersion = "6.47.0"
+val pmdVersion = "6.48.0"
 val pmdFile = "pmd-bin-$pmdVersion.zip"
 val pmdUrl = "https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F${pmdVersion}/${pmdFile}"
 val skippableJarRegexes = setOf("""^common_[\d\.-]*\.jar""".toRegex(),
diff --git a/src/Constants.ts b/src/Constants.ts
index 2481a2b4a..e4538ae52 100644
--- a/src/Constants.ts
+++ b/src/Constants.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os = require('os');
 import path = require('path');
 
-export const PMD_VERSION = '6.47.0';
+export const PMD_VERSION = '6.48.0';
 export const SFGE_VERSION = '1.0.1-pilot';
 export const CATALOG_FILE = 'Catalog.json';
 export const CUSTOM_PATHS_FILE = 'CustomPaths.json';
diff --git a/src/lib/cpd/CpdEngine.ts b/src/lib/cpd/CpdEngine.ts
index ac7c11b69..3cecab2b2 100644
--- a/src/lib/cpd/CpdEngine.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cpd/CpdEngine.ts
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ export class CpdEngine extends AbstractRuleEngine {
 		if (xmlStart != -1 && xmlEnd != -1) {
 			const cpdXml = stdout.slice(xmlStart, xmlEnd + cpdEnd.length);
 			const cpdJson: Element = xml2js(cpdXml, {compact: false, ignoreDeclaration: true}) as Element;
-
-			const duplications =  cpdJson.elements[0].elements;
+			// Not all of the elements in this list will be duplication tags. We only want the ones that are.
+			const duplications = (cpdJson.elements[0].elements || []).filter(element => element.name === "duplication");
 			if (duplications) {
 				ruleResults = this.jsonToRuleResults(duplications);
 			}