diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee408ecc7..c6df383d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -415,20 +415,28 @@
         <version>3.25.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <rulesets>
-            <ruleset>.pipeline/pmd.xml</ruleset>
-            <ruleset>.pipeline/sdk_specific_pmd_rules.xml</ruleset>
+            <ruleset>${project.rootdir}/.pipeline/pmd.xml</ruleset>
+            <ruleset>${project.rootdir}/.pipeline/sdk_specific_pmd_rules.xml</ruleset>
             <!-- content of the PMD default rule set for Java can be found here:
 https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven-pmd-plugin.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/main/resources/rulesets/java/maven-pmd-plugin-default.xml;hb=HEAD -->
-            <ruleset>/rulesets/java/maven-pmd-plugin-default.xml</ruleset>
           </rulesets>
           <linkXRef>false</linkXRef>
           <targetJdk>${maven.compiler.release}</targetJdk>
+          <printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors>
           <excludes>
             <!-- Exclude generated clients -->
             <exclude>com/sap/ai/sdk/core/client/**/*</exclude>
             <exclude>com/sap/ai/sdk/orchestration/client/**/*</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>