Index: trunk/tools/ivy.xml
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--- trunk/tools/ivy.xml	(revision 18434)
+++ trunk/tools/ivy.xml	(revision 18514)
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
     <dependencies>
         <!-- javacc->default -->
-        <dependency org="net.java.dev.javacc" name="javacc" rev="7.0.11" conf="javacc->default"/>
+        <dependency org="net.java.dev.javacc" name="javacc" rev="7.0.12" conf="javacc->default"/>
         <!-- checkstyle->default -->
         <dependency org="com.puppycrawl.tools" name="checkstyle" rev="9.3" conf="checkstyle->default"/>
         <!-- proguard->default -->
-        <dependency org="com.guardsquare" name="proguard-ant" rev="7.2.1" conf="proguard->default"/>
+        <dependency org="com.guardsquare" name="proguard-ant" rev="7.2.2" conf="proguard->default"/>
         <!-- pmd->default -->
-        <dependency org="net.sourceforge.pmd" name="pmd-core" rev="6.44.0" conf="pmd->default"/>
-        <dependency org="net.sourceforge.pmd" name="pmd-java" rev="6.44.0" conf="pmd->default"/>
+        <dependency org="net.sourceforge.pmd" name="pmd-core" rev="6.47.0" conf="pmd->default"/>
+        <dependency org="net.sourceforge.pmd" name="pmd-java" rev="6.47.0" conf="pmd->default"/>
         <dependency org="net.sourceforge.saxon" name="saxon" rev="9.1.0.8" conf="pmd->default">
             <artifact name="saxon" type="jar"/>
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
         </dependency>
         <!-- spotbugs->default -->
-        <dependency org="com.github.spotbugs" name="spotbugs" rev="4.6.0" conf="spotbugs->default"/>
-        <dependency org="com.github.spotbugs" name="spotbugs-ant" rev="4.6.0" conf="spotbugs->default"/>
+        <dependency org="com.github.spotbugs" name="spotbugs" rev="4.7.1" conf="spotbugs->default"/>
+        <dependency org="com.github.spotbugs" name="spotbugs-ant" rev="4.7.1" conf="spotbugs->default"/>
         <!-- errorprone->default -->
         <dependency org="com.google.errorprone" name="error_prone_core" rev="2.10.0" conf="errorprone->default"/>
Index: trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml
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--- trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml	(revision 18434)
+++ trunk/tools/pmd/josm-ruleset.xml	(revision 18514)
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
     <exclude name="ControlStatementBraces"/>
     <exclude name="DefaultPackage"/>
+    <!-- EmptyControlStatement is not configurable, so the behavior of the old excludes of EmptyIfStmt/EmptyWhileStmt (errorprone.xml) while getting new functionality cannot be done -->
+    <exclude name="EmptyControlStatement"/>
     <exclude name="EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract"/>
     <exclude name="FieldDeclarationsShouldBeAtStartOfClass"/>
@@ -175,6 +177,4 @@
     <exclude name="DoNotTerminateVM"/>
     <exclude name="DontImportSun"/>
-    <exclude name="EmptyIfStmt"/>
-    <exclude name="EmptyWhileStmt"/>
     <exclude name="ImplicitSwitchFallThrough"/>
     <exclude name="MissingSerialVersionUID"/>