diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index b44897cab2..965f29ca5e 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ title: PMD
 author: PMD
 description: PMD is a source code analyzer. It finds unused variables, empty catch blocks, unnecessary object creation, and so forth.
 keywords: PMD,Java,Salesforce.com Apex,Code Analyzer,Clean Code,Software Development
-copyright: 'Copyright © 2024 PMD. All Rights Reserved.'
+copyright: 'Copyright © 2025 PMD. All Rights Reserved.'
 credits: 'Credits: <a href="https://github.com/swcool/landing-page-theme">Landing Page Theme</a>, based on free to use, open source Bootstrap theme created by <a href="http://startbootstrap.com/">Start Bootstrap</a>.'
 
 exclude:
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ exclude:
 #     PMD vars            #
 # ----------------------- #
 pmd:
-  latestVersion: 7.16.0
-  latestVersionDate: 25-July-2025
-  downloads:
+  # the first version is the latest
+  # all the versions are available in the download section
+  versions:
+    - version: 7.16.0
+      date: 25-July-2025
     - version: 7.15.0
       date: 27-June-2025
     - version: 7.14.0
diff --git a/_includes/downloads.html b/_includes/downloads.html
index 0ed7ae9072..c6fd4dc37d 100644
--- a/_includes/downloads.html
+++ b/_includes/downloads.html
@@ -6,29 +6,13 @@
           <h2 class="text-center">Downloads</h2>
           <br/>
 
-          <h3>{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }} ({{ site.pmd.latestVersionDate }})</h3>
-          <ul>
-              <li><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd_release_notes.html">Release Notes</a></li>
-              <li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-bin.zip">Download</a>
-                  (<a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-src.zip">Sourcecode</a>,
-                   <a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-doc.zip">Documentation</a>)</li>
-              <li><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/index.html">Online Documentation</a></li>
-          </ul>
-
-          {% for download in site.pmd.downloads %}
+          {% for download in site.pmd.versions %}
           <h3>{{ download.version }} ({{ download.date }})</h3>
           <ul>
               <li><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ download.version }}/pmd_release_notes.html">Release Notes</a></li>
-              {% if download.distFormat != 'old' %}
               <li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ download.version }}/pmd-dist-{{ download.version }}-bin.zip">Download</a>
                   (<a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ download.version }}/pmd-dist-{{ download.version }}-src.zip">Sourcecode</a>,
                   <a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ download.version }}/pmd-dist-{{ download.version }}-doc.zip">Documentation</a>)</li>
-              {% endif %}
-              {% if download.distFormat == 'old' %}
-              <li><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ download.version }}/pmd-bin-{{ download.version }}.zip">Download</a>
-                  (<a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ download.version }}/pmd-src-{{ download.version }}.zip">Sourcecode</a>,
-                   <a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ download.version }}/pmd-doc-{{ download.version }}.zip">Documentation</a>)</li>
-              {% endif %}
               <li><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ download.version }}/index.html">Online Documentation</a></li>
           </ul>
           {% endfor %}
diff --git a/_includes/home.html b/_includes/home.html
index 3e9ae04580..a379073fdd 100644
--- a/_includes/home.html
+++ b/_includes/home.html
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
                         <h3>{{ page.subTitle }}</h3>
                         <hr class="border border-dark">
                         <ul class="list-inline">
-                            <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-bin.zip" class="btn btn-light btn-lg border border-dark-subtle"><i class="fa fa-download"></i> Download</a></li>
+                            <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}-bin.zip" class="btn btn-light btn-lg border border-dark-subtle"><i class="fa fa-download"></i> Download</a></li>
                             <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/latest/" class="btn btn-light btn-lg border border-dark-subtle"><i class="fa fa-book"></i> Documentation</a></li>
                         </ul>
                         <hr class="border border-dark">
-                        Latest Version: {{ site.pmd.latestVersion }} ({{ site.pmd.latestVersionDate }})<br/>
-                        <a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd_release_notes.html">Release Notes</a> |
+                        Latest Version: {{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }} ({{ site.pmd.versions[0].date }})<br/>
+                        <a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/pmd_release_notes.html">Release Notes</a> |
                         <a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd">Source</a>
                     </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/_includes/quickstart.html b/_includes/quickstart.html
index 3afbd19cdb..256e894ef0 100644
--- a/_includes/quickstart.html
+++ b/_includes/quickstart.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
               <br/><br/>
               <h2>QuickStart</h2>
               <br/>
-              See also <a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd_userdocs_installation.html">Getting Started</a>
+              See also <a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/pmd_userdocs_installation.html">Getting Started</a>
 
               <div class="text-start">
                   <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">
@@ -27,29 +27,29 @@ <h2>QuickStart</h2>
                       <div class="tab-pane fade show active" id="linux-tab-pane" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="linux-tab" tabindex="0">
 {% highlight bash %}
 $ cd $HOME
-$ wget https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-bin.zip
-$ unzip pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-bin.zip
-$ alias pmd="$HOME/pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/bin/pmd"
+$ wget https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}-bin.zip
+$ unzip pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}-bin.zip
+$ alias pmd="$HOME/pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/bin/pmd"
 $ pmd check -d /usr/src -R rulesets/java/quickstart.xml -f text
 {% endhighlight %}
                       </div>
                       <div class="tab-pane fade" id="macos-tab-pane" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="macos-tab" tabindex="0">
 {% highlight bash %}
 $ cd $HOME
-$ curl -OL https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-bin.zip
-$ unzip pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-bin.zip
-$ alias pmd="$HOME/pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/bin/pmd"
+$ curl -OL https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}-bin.zip
+$ unzip pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}-bin.zip
+$ alias pmd="$HOME/pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/bin/pmd"
 $ pmd check -d /usr/src -R rulesets/java/quickstart.xml -f text
 {% endhighlight %}
                       </div>
                       <div class="tab-pane fade" id="windows-tab-pane" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="windows-tab" tabindex="0">
                           <ol>
-                              <li>Download <a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-bin.zip">pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}-bin.zip</a></li>
-                              <li>Extract the zip-archive, e.g. to <code>C:\pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}</code></li>
-                              <li>Add folder <code>C:\pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}\bin</code> to PATH, either</li>
+                              <li>Download <a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/releases/download/pmd_releases%2F{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}-bin.zip">pmd-dist-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}-bin.zip</a></li>
+                              <li>Extract the zip-archive, e.g. to <code>C:\pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}</code></li>
+                              <li>Add folder <code>C:\pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}\bin</code> to PATH, either</li>
                               <ol>
                                   <li>Permanently: Using System Properties dialog > Environment variables > Append to PATH variable</li>
-                                  <li>Temporarily, at command line: <code>SET PATH=C:\pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}\bin;%PATH%</code></li>
+                                  <li>Temporarily, at command line: <code>SET PATH=C:\pmd-bin-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}\bin;%PATH%</code></li>
                               </ol>
                               <li>Execute at command line: <code>pmd.bat check -d c:\src -R rulesets/java/quickstart.xml -f text</code></li>
                           </ol>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ <h2>QuickStart</h2>
                       </div>
                   </div>
 
-                  Checkout the <a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ site.pmd.latestVersion }}/pmd_rules_java.html">existing rules for Java</a>.
+                  Checkout the <a href="https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-{{ site.pmd.versions[0].version }}/pmd_rules_java.html">existing rules for Java</a>.
               </div>
 
               </div>