diff --git a/queue-load-leveling/pom.xml b/queue-load-leveling/pom.xml
index f55206dd2..3fdda1558 100644
--- a/queue-load-leveling/pom.xml
+++ b/queue-load-leveling/pom.xml
@@ -38,5 +38,11 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
+      <version>3.7</version>
+      <type>maven-plugin</type>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>