diff --git a/commons.gradle b/commons.gradle
index 27afcf6e..9b9fa864 100644
--- a/commons.gradle
+++ b/commons.gradle
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if (release) {
     ruleSets = []
     ruleSetFiles = files("$project.rootProject.projectDir/pmd.xml")
     sourceSets = [sourceSets.main]
-    toolVersion = '5.7.0'
+    toolVersion = '5.8.1'
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/pmd.xml b/pmd.xml
index a163acc9..1e249965 100644
--- a/pmd.xml
+++ b/pmd.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
- Copyright 2015 Martin Goellnitz
+ Copyright 2015-2017 Martin Goellnitz
 
  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 
 -->
 <ruleset xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns='http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0'
-         xsi:schemaLocation='http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd'>
+         xsi:schemaLocation='http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd'
+         name="Tangram">
+         
+  <description>Customized Ruleset for the Tangram source code</description>
 
   <rule ref="rulesets/java/android.xml"/>
   <rule ref="rulesets/java/basic.xml">