diff --git a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 2f88fe0b..50f84b28 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ Bundle-ClassPath: .,
  target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.vf-parser.jar,
  target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher-better-files_2.13.jar,
  target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher.jar,
- target/lib/javax.activation.javax.activation-api.jar,
+ target/lib/jakarta.activation.jakarta.activation-api.jar,
+ target/lib/jakarta.annotation.jakarta.annotation-api.jar,
+ target/lib/jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api.jar,
+ target/lib/jakarta.xml.bind.jakarta.xml.bind-api.jar,
  target/lib/javax.annotation.jsr250-api.jar,
- target/lib/javax.xml.bind.jaxb-api.jar,
  target/lib/net.java.dev.jna.jna.jar,
  target/lib/net.sf.saxon.Saxon-HE.jar,
  target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-apex.jar,
diff --git a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/build.properties b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/build.properties
index 88510a09..f634cd99 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/build.properties
+++ b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/build.properties
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ bin.includes = .,\
                target/lib/io.github.apex-dev-tools.vf-parser.jar,\
                target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher-better-files_2.13.jar,\
                target/lib/io.methvin.directory-watcher.jar,\
-               target/lib/javax.activation.javax.activation-api.jar,\
+               target/lib/jakarta.activation.jakarta.activation-api.jar,\
+               target/lib/jakarta.annotation.jakarta.annotation-api.jar,\
+               target/lib/jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api.jar,\
+               target/lib/jakarta.xml.bind.jakarta.xml.bind-api.jar,\
                target/lib/javax.annotation.jsr250-api.jar,\
-               target/lib/javax.xml.bind.jaxb-api.jar,\
                target/lib/net.java.dev.jna.jna.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sf.saxon.Saxon-HE.jar,\
                target/lib/net.sourceforge.pmd.pmd-apex.jar,\
diff --git a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/pom.xml b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/pom.xml
index 2cffa979..5bf95590 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,20 +24,16 @@
         <version>${pmd.version}</version>
         <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.0.1</version>
+   <dependency>
+        <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.1</version>
+        <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
+        <version>4.0.7</version>
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/ProjectPropertiesManagerImpl.java b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/ProjectPropertiesManagerImpl.java
index 8777e8cc..c69fb3ca 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/ProjectPropertiesManagerImpl.java
+++ b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/ProjectPropertiesManagerImpl.java
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-import javax.xml.bind.DataBindingException;
-import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
-import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
-import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
-import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
 import javax.xml.transform.Source;
 import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
@@ -48,6 +43,12 @@
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RuleSetLoadException;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.RuleSetLoader;
 
+import jakarta.xml.bind.DataBindingException;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBException;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.Marshaller;
+
 /**
  * This class manages the persistence of the ProjectProperies information structure
  *
diff --git a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/ProjectPropertiesTO.java b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/ProjectPropertiesTO.java
index 6449878f..0f4e72f8 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/ProjectPropertiesTO.java
+++ b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/ProjectPropertiesTO.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.runtime.properties.impl;
 
-import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
-import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementWrapper;
-import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
-import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementWrapper;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
 
 /**
  * This class is a simple data bean to let simply serialize project properties
diff --git a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/RuleSpecTO.java b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/RuleSpecTO.java
index c6a4710f..a4b2718a 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/RuleSpecTO.java
+++ b/net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.plugin/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/eclipse/runtime/properties/impl/RuleSpecTO.java
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse.runtime.properties.impl;
 
-import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
-import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
+import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
 
 /**
  * This class is a simple data bean to help serialize project properties. Is