diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 84d745ab..93bb5096 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     "sebastian/phpcpd": "^6.0.3",
     "sebastian/version": "^3.0.2",
     "phpunit/php-timer": "^5.0.3",
-    "phpmd/phpmd": "2.13.*",
+    "phpmd/phpmd": "^2.14.0",
     "symfony/dotenv": "^5.4",
     "symfony/filesystem": "^5.4",
     "symfony/finder": "^5.4",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index b6fd672c..2b9c4262 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "271cdb231ad7b0c5b053d502cf2a8a14",
+    "content-hash": "538b1ea2f0258c36ea65262025469fdf",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "composer/pcre",
@@ -935,22 +935,22 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "phpmd/phpmd",
-            "version": "2.13.0",
+            "version": "2.14.0",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd.git",
-                "reference": "dad0228156856b3ad959992f9748514fa943f3e3"
+                "reference": "247f84ef5d87323dabe953edc48b09ebabe3a0e6"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmd/phpmd/zipball/dad0228156856b3ad959992f9748514fa943f3e3",
-                "reference": "dad0228156856b3ad959992f9748514fa943f3e3",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpmd/phpmd/zipball/247f84ef5d87323dabe953edc48b09ebabe3a0e6",
+                "reference": "247f84ef5d87323dabe953edc48b09ebabe3a0e6",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
                 "composer/xdebug-handler": "^1.0 || ^2.0 || ^3.0",
                 "ext-xml": "*",
-                "pdepend/pdepend": "^2.12.1",
+                "pdepend/pdepend": "^2.15.0",
                 "php": ">=5.3.9"
             },
             "require-dev": {
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@
                 "gregwar/rst": "^1.0",
                 "mikey179/vfsstream": "^1.6.8",
                 "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.8.36 || ^5.7.27",
-                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.0"
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.9.2 || ^3.7.2"
             },
             "bin": [
                 "src/bin/phpmd"
@@ -997,6 +997,7 @@
             "description": "PHPMD is a spin-off project of PHP Depend and aims to be a PHP equivalent of the well known Java tool PMD.",
             "homepage": "https://phpmd.org/",
             "keywords": [
+                "dev",
                 "mess detection",
                 "mess detector",
                 "pdepend",
@@ -1006,7 +1007,7 @@
             "support": {
                 "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.org/phpmd",
                 "issues": "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd/tree/2.13.0"
+                "source": "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd/tree/2.14.0"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -1014,7 +1015,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2022-09-10T08:44:15+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-09-26T17:42:41+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/php-file-iterator",
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a86b6a0..673d9090 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 The format of this change log follows the advice given at [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- Fixed the `phpcmd` command for compatibility with versions `^2.14.0`.
+
 ## [4.1.6] - 2023-09-28
 ### Changed
 - Updated project dependencies to current [moodle-cs](https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-cs) and [moodle-local_ci](https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_ci) versions.
diff --git a/src/Command/MessDetectorCommand.php b/src/Command/MessDetectorCommand.php
index 48e47748..aedbf1f0 100644
--- a/src/Command/MessDetectorCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/MessDetectorCommand.php
@@ -51,9 +51,16 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 
         $ruleSetFactory = new RuleSetFactory();
         $ruleSetFactory->setMinimumPriority(5);
+        $ruleSets = $ruleSetFactory->createRuleSets($rules);
 
         $messDetector = new PHPMD();
-        $messDetector->processFiles(implode(',', $files), $rules, [$renderer], $ruleSetFactory, new Report());
+        $messDetector->processFiles(
+            implode(',', $files),
+            [], // Ignored paths and files are managed by the plugin, so they are not needed here.
+            [$renderer],
+            $ruleSets,
+            new Report(),
+        );
 
         return 0;
     }