# Wrong version of PMD in SonarRunner?

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/wrong-version-of-pmd-in-sonarrunner/9114>\
**Category:** Help/Discuss\
**Created:** [April 16, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/wrong-version-of-pmd-in-sonarrunner/9114 "2015-04-16T08:03:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![neu242](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/neu242/32/5722_2.png) [@neu242](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/neu242)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/wrong-version-of-pmd-in-sonarrunner/9114/1 "2015-04-16T08:03:41Z")

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When running SonarQube I see:

```
build	16-Apr-2015 09:37:15	SonarQube Runner 2.3
...
build	16-Apr-2015 09:37:15	INFO: SonarQube Server 4.4
...
build	16-Apr-2015 09:37:38	09:37:38.348 INFO - Execute PMD 5.1.1...

```

While according to [http://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SONAR/PMD+Plugin](http://docs.sonarqube.org/display/SONAR/PMD+Plugin) Sonar 2.3 should be using PMD 5.2.1. Is there something wrong with the Gradle plugin? Is it possible to set the PMD version for Sonar manually?

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**Author:** ![bmuschko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/bmuschko/32/5458_2.png) [@bmuschko](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/bmuschko)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/wrong-version-of-pmd-in-sonarrunner/9114/2 "2015-04-16T13:28:18Z")

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The PMD used is centrally configured in SonarQube. Did you check in the SonarQube dashboard that the proper version is selected for your quality profile?

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**Author:** ![neu242](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/neu242/32/5722_2.png) [@neu242](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/neu242)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/wrong-version-of-pmd-in-sonarrunner/9114/3 "2015-04-17T10:08:04Z")

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Aha! I didn’t realize that the dependencies at the SonarQube server are used. SonarQube Server 4.4 can only use PMD plugin 2.2, which has PMD 5.1.1. Thanks for clearing that up.