diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 469dd8853..b8066551e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
     "test": "lerna run test",
     "fix": "run-s fix:lerna fix:android",
     "fix:lerna": "lerna run fix",
-    "fix:android": "./scripts/google-java-format.sh fix",
+    "fix:android": "run-s 'java:format fix' java:pmd",
     "lint": "run-s lint:lerna lint:android",
     "lint:lerna": "lerna run lint",
-    "lint:android": "./scripts/google-java-format.sh lint",
+    "lint:android": "run-s 'java:format lint' java:pmd",
+    "java:format": "./scripts/google-java-format.sh",
+    "java:pmd": "./scripts/pmd.sh",
     "run-ios": "cd samples/react-native && yarn react-native run-ios",
     "run-android": "cd samples/react-native && yarn react-native run-android",
     "set-version-samples": "lerna run set-version"
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@
     "google-java-format": "^1.4.0",
     "lerna": "^8.1.8",
     "npm-run-all2": "^6.2.2",
+    "pmd-bin": "^2.5.0",
     "prettier": "^2.0.5",
     "react-native-version": "^4.0.0",
     "replace-in-file": "^7.0.1"
diff --git a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryBreadcrumb.java b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryBreadcrumb.java
index a8041fe82..cc5bf0fb2 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryBreadcrumb.java
+++ b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryBreadcrumb.java
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-public class RNSentryBreadcrumb {
+public final class RNSentryBreadcrumb {
+
+  private RNSentryBreadcrumb() {
+    throw new AssertionError("Utility class should not be instantiated");
+  }
 
   @Nullable
   public static String getCurrentScreenFrom(ReadableMap from) {
     final @Nullable String maybeCategory =
         from.hasKey("category") ? from.getString("category") : null;
-    if (maybeCategory == null || !maybeCategory.equals("navigation")) {
+    if (maybeCategory == null || !"navigation".equals(maybeCategory)) {
       return null;
     }
 
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ public static String getCurrentScreenFrom(ReadableMap from) {
       // getString might throw if cast to string fails (data.to is not enforced by TS to be a
       // string)
       return maybeData.hasKey("to") ? maybeData.getString("to") : null;
-    } catch (Throwable exception) {
+    } catch (Throwable exception) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
       return null;
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryMapConverter.java b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryMapConverter.java
index 6bfbbf5c7..467ffcd90 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryMapConverter.java
+++ b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryMapConverter.java
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-public class RNSentryMapConverter {
+public final class RNSentryMapConverter {
   public static final String NAME = "RNSentry.MapConverter";
 
   private static final ILogger logger = new AndroidLogger(NAME);
 
+  private RNSentryMapConverter() {
+    throw new AssertionError("Utility class should not be instantiated");
+  }
+
   public static Object convertToWritable(@Nullable Object serialized) {
     if (serialized instanceof List) {
       WritableArray writable = Arguments.createArray();
diff --git a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryModuleImpl.java b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryModuleImpl.java
index 16014c5de..ee24c634c 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryModuleImpl.java
+++ b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryModuleImpl.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class RNSentryModuleImpl {
   private static final ILogger logger = new AndroidLogger(NAME);
   private static final BuildInfoProvider buildInfo = new BuildInfoProvider(logger);
   private static final String modulesPath = "modules.json";
-  private static final Charset UTF_8 = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
+  private static final Charset UTF_8 = Charset.forName("UTF-8"); // NOPMD - Allow using UTF-8
 
   private final ReactApplicationContext reactApplicationContext;
   private final PackageInfo packageInfo;
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public void initNativeSdk(final ReadableMap rnOptions, Promise promise) {
                   if (null != ex && ex.getType().contains("JavascriptException")) {
                     return null;
                   }
-                } catch (Throwable ignored) {
+                } catch (Throwable ignored) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
                   // We do nothing
                 }
 
@@ -356,12 +356,12 @@ public void crash() {
     throw new RuntimeException("TEST - Sentry Client Crash (only works in release mode)");
   }
 
-  public void addListener(String _eventType) {
+  public void addListener(String eventType) {
     // Is must be defined otherwise the generated interface from TS won't be fulfilled
     logger.log(SentryLevel.ERROR, "addListener of NativeEventEmitter can't be used on Android!");
   }
 
-  public void removeListeners(double _id) {
+  public void removeListeners(double id) {
     // Is must be defined otherwise the generated interface from TS won't be fulfilled
     logger.log(
         SentryLevel.ERROR, "removeListeners of NativeEventEmitter can't be used on Android!");
@@ -369,17 +369,16 @@ public void removeListeners(double _id) {
 
   public void fetchModules(Promise promise) {
     final AssetManager assets = this.getReactApplicationContext().getResources().getAssets();
-    try (final InputStream stream =
-        new BufferedInputStream(assets.open(RNSentryModuleImpl.modulesPath))) {
+    try (InputStream stream = new BufferedInputStream(assets.open(modulesPath))) {
       int size = stream.available();
       byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
       stream.read(buffer);
       stream.close();
-      String modulesJson = new String(buffer, RNSentryModuleImpl.UTF_8);
+      String modulesJson = new String(buffer, UTF_8);
       promise.resolve(modulesJson);
     } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
       promise.resolve(null);
-    } catch (Throwable e) {
+    } catch (Throwable e) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
       logger.log(SentryLevel.WARNING, "Fetching JS Modules failed.");
       promise.resolve(null);
     }
@@ -462,7 +461,7 @@ public void fetchNativeFrames(Promise promise) {
         map.putInt("frozenFrames", frozenFrames);
 
         promise.resolve(map);
-      } catch (Throwable ignored) {
+      } catch (Throwable ignored) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
         logger.log(SentryLevel.WARNING, "Error fetching native frames.");
         promise.resolve(null);
       }
@@ -493,7 +492,7 @@ public void captureEnvelope(String rawBytes, ReadableMap options, Promise promis
     try {
       InternalSentrySdk.captureEnvelope(
           bytes, !options.hasKey("hardCrashed") || !options.getBoolean("hardCrashed"));
-    } catch (Throwable e) {
+    } catch (Throwable e) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
       logger.log(SentryLevel.ERROR, "Error while capturing envelope");
       promise.resolve(false);
     }
@@ -511,7 +510,7 @@ public void captureScreenshot(Promise promise) {
 
     final byte[] raw = takeScreenshotOnUiThread(activity);
 
-    if (raw == null) {
+    if (raw == null || raw.length == 0) {
       logger.log(SentryLevel.WARNING, "Screenshot is null, screen was not captured.");
       promise.resolve(null);
       return;
@@ -550,7 +549,7 @@ private static byte[] takeScreenshotOnUiThread(Activity activity) {
       doneSignal.await(SCREENSHOT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, SECONDS);
     } catch (InterruptedException e) {
       logger.log(SentryLevel.ERROR, "Screenshot process was interrupted.");
-      return null;
+      return new byte[0];
     }
 
     return bytesWrapper[0];
@@ -627,7 +626,7 @@ public void setUser(final ReadableMap userKeys, final ReadableMap userDataKeys)
             }
 
             if (userDataKeys != null) {
-              HashMap<String, String> userDataMap = new HashMap<>();
+              Map<String, String> userDataMap = new HashMap<>();
               ReadableMapKeySetIterator it = userDataKeys.keySetIterator();
               while (it.hasNextKey()) {
                 String key = it.nextKey();
@@ -694,7 +693,7 @@ public void setContext(final String key, final ReadableMap context) {
             return;
           }
 
-          final HashMap<String, Object> contextHashMap = context.toHashMap();
+          final Map<String, Object> contextHashMap = context.toHashMap();
           scope.setContexts(key, contextHashMap);
         });
   }
@@ -726,7 +725,7 @@ public void enableNativeFramesTracking() {
           frameMetricsAggregator.add(currentActivity);
 
           logger.log(SentryLevel.INFO, "FrameMetricsAggregator installed.");
-        } catch (Throwable ignored) {
+        } catch (Throwable ignored) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
           // throws ConcurrentModification when calling addOnFrameMetricsAvailableListener
           // this is a best effort since we can't reproduce it
           logger.log(SentryLevel.ERROR, "Error adding Activity to frameMetricsAggregator.");
@@ -785,7 +784,7 @@ public WritableMap startProfiling(boolean platformProfilers) {
       }
 
       result.putBoolean("started", true);
-    } catch (Throwable e) {
+    } catch (Throwable e) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
       result.putBoolean("started", false);
       result.putString("error", e.toString());
     }
@@ -825,7 +824,7 @@ public WritableMap stopProfiling() {
         androidProfile.putString("build_id", getProguardUuid());
         result.putMap("androidProfile", androidProfile);
       }
-    } catch (Throwable e) {
+    } catch (Throwable e) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
       result.putString("error", e.toString());
     } finally {
       if (output != null) {
@@ -834,7 +833,7 @@ public WritableMap stopProfiling() {
           if (!wasProfileSuccessfullyDeleted) {
             logger.log(SentryLevel.WARNING, "Profile not deleted from:" + output.getAbsolutePath());
           }
-        } catch (Throwable e) {
+        } catch (Throwable e) { // NOPMD - We don't want to crash in any case
           logger.log(SentryLevel.WARNING, "Profile not deleted from:" + output.getAbsolutePath());
         }
       }
@@ -848,7 +847,7 @@ public WritableMap stopProfiling() {
     }
     isProguardDebugMetaLoaded = true;
     final @Nullable List<Properties> debugMetaList =
-        (new AssetsDebugMetaLoader(this.getReactApplicationContext(), logger)).loadDebugMeta();
+        new AssetsDebugMetaLoader(this.getReactApplicationContext(), logger).loadDebugMeta();
     if (debugMetaList == null) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -866,7 +865,7 @@ public WritableMap stopProfiling() {
   }
 
   private String readStringFromFile(File path) throws IOException {
-    try (final BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path)); ) {
+    try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(path)); ) {
 
       final StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
       String line;
@@ -943,7 +942,7 @@ private void setEventEnvironmentTag(SentryEvent event, String environment) {
   private void addPackages(SentryEvent event, SdkVersion sdk) {
     SdkVersion eventSdk = event.getSdk();
     if (eventSdk != null
-        && eventSdk.getName().equals("sentry.javascript.react-native")
+        && "sentry.javascript.react-native".equals(eventSdk.getName())
         && sdk != null) {
       List<SentryPackage> sentryPackages = sdk.getPackages();
       if (sentryPackages != null) {
diff --git a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryReactFragmentLifecycleTracer.java b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryReactFragmentLifecycleTracer.java
index 4f76fceb4..4ee870021 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryReactFragmentLifecycleTracer.java
+++ b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryReactFragmentLifecycleTracer.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public void onFragmentViewCreated(
       @NotNull Fragment f,
       @NotNull View v,
       @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
-    if (!("com.swmansion.rnscreens.ScreenStackFragment".equals(f.getClass().getCanonicalName()))) {
+    if (!"com.swmansion.rnscreens.ScreenStackFragment".equals(f.getClass().getCanonicalName())) {
       logger.log(
           SentryLevel.DEBUG,
           "Fragment is not a ScreenStackFragment, won't listen for the first draw.");
diff --git a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter.java b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter.java
index b6629a815..6a3d2872a 100644
--- a/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter.java
+++ b/packages/core/android/src/main/java/io/sentry/react/RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.TestOnly;
 
 public final class RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter extends DefaultReplayBreadcrumbConverter {
-  public RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter() {}
-
   @Override
   public @Nullable RRWebEvent convert(final @NotNull Breadcrumb breadcrumb) {
     if (breadcrumb.getCategory() == null) {
@@ -22,22 +20,22 @@ public RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter() {}
     }
 
     // Do not add Sentry Event breadcrumbs to replay
-    if (breadcrumb.getCategory().equals("sentry.event")
-        || breadcrumb.getCategory().equals("sentry.transaction")) {
+    if ("sentry.event".equals(breadcrumb.getCategory())
+        || "sentry.transaction".equals(breadcrumb.getCategory())) {
       return null;
     }
-    if (breadcrumb.getCategory().equals("http")) {
+    if ("http".equals(breadcrumb.getCategory())) {
       // Drop native http breadcrumbs to avoid duplicates
       return null;
     }
 
-    if (breadcrumb.getCategory().equals("touch")) {
+    if ("touch".equals(breadcrumb.getCategory())) {
       return convertTouchBreadcrumb(breadcrumb);
     }
-    if (breadcrumb.getCategory().equals("navigation")) {
+    if ("navigation".equals(breadcrumb.getCategory())) {
       return convertNavigationBreadcrumb(breadcrumb);
     }
-    if (breadcrumb.getCategory().equals("xhr")) {
+    if ("xhr".equals(breadcrumb.getCategory())) {
       return convertNetworkBreadcrumb(breadcrumb);
     }
 
@@ -46,8 +44,7 @@ public RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter() {}
     // ignore native navigation breadcrumbs
     if (nativeBreadcrumb instanceof RRWebBreadcrumbEvent) {
       final RRWebBreadcrumbEvent rrWebBreadcrumb = (RRWebBreadcrumbEvent) nativeBreadcrumb;
-      if (rrWebBreadcrumb.getCategory() != null
-          && rrWebBreadcrumb.getCategory().equals("navigation")) {
+      if ("navigation".equals(rrWebBreadcrumb.getCategory())) {
         return null;
       }
     }
@@ -69,8 +66,7 @@ public RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter() {}
 
     rrWebBreadcrumb.setCategory("ui.tap");
 
-    rrWebBreadcrumb.setMessage(
-        RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter.getTouchPathMessage(breadcrumb.getData("path")));
+    rrWebBreadcrumb.setMessage(getTouchPathMessage(breadcrumb.getData("path")));
 
     setRRWebEventDefaultsFrom(rrWebBreadcrumb, breadcrumb);
     return rrWebBreadcrumb;
@@ -83,7 +79,7 @@ public RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter() {}
     }
 
     final @NotNull List path = (List) maybePath;
-    if (path.size() == 0) {
+    if (path.isEmpty()) {
       return null;
     }
 
@@ -145,7 +141,7 @@ public RNSentryReplayBreadcrumbConverter() {}
       return null;
     }
 
-    final HashMap<String, Object> data = new HashMap<>();
+    final Map<String, Object> data = new HashMap<>();
     if (breadcrumb.getData("method") instanceof String) {
       data.put("method", breadcrumb.getData("method"));
     }
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/debug/java/com/testappplain/ReactNativeFlipper.java b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/debug/java/com/testappplain/ReactNativeFlipper.java
index a05be4fe9..51dec8827 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/debug/java/com/testappplain/ReactNativeFlipper.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/debug/java/com/testappplain/ReactNativeFlipper.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.modules.network.NetworkingModule;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 
-public class ReactNativeFlipper {
+public class ReactNativeFlipper { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
   public static void initializeFlipper(Context context, ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager) {
     if (FlipperUtils.shouldEnableFlipper(context)) {
       final FlipperClient client = AndroidFlipperClient.getInstance(context);
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/MainApplication.java b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/MainApplication.java
index 978e2bd40..3417a18c8 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/MainApplication.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/MainApplication.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public void onCreate() {
    * @param context
    * @param reactInstanceManager
    */
-  private static void initializeFlipper(
+  private static void initializeFlipper( // NOPMD - Default RN Template
       Context context, ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager) {
     if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
       try {
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ private static void initializeFlipper(
             .invoke(null, context, reactInstanceManager);
       } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
-      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
         e.printStackTrace();
-      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
         e.printStackTrace();
-      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
         e.printStackTrace();
       }
     }
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/MainApplicationReactNativeHost.java b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/MainApplicationReactNativeHost.java
index 3d93c35fe..3434f270d 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/MainApplicationReactNativeHost.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/MainApplicationReactNativeHost.java
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
 
   @Override
   protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
-    List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
+    List<ReactPackage> packages = // NOPMD - Default RN Template
+        new PackageList(this).getPackages();
     // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
     //     packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
     // TurboModules must also be loaded here providing a valid TurboReactPackage implementation:
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/components/MainComponentsRegistry.java b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/components/MainComponentsRegistry.java
index 9685b5669..e31cbd69e 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/components/MainComponentsRegistry.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/components/MainComponentsRegistry.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * `newArchEnabled` property). Is ignored otherwise.
  */
 @DoNotStrip
-public class MainComponentsRegistry {
+public class MainComponentsRegistry { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
   static {
     SoLoader.loadLibrary("fabricjni");
   }
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/modules/MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate.java b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/modules/MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate.java
index 8177ac8c1..a30d98ff7 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/modules/MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappplain/newarchitecture/modules/MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 public class MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate
     extends ReactPackageTurboModuleManagerDelegate {
 
-  private static volatile boolean sIsSoLibraryLoaded;
+  private static volatile boolean sIsSoLibraryLoaded; // NOPMD - Default RN Template
 
   protected MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate(
       ReactApplicationContext reactApplicationContext, List<ReactPackage> packages) {
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/debug/java/com/testappsentry/ReactNativeFlipper.java b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/debug/java/com/testappsentry/ReactNativeFlipper.java
index 1090ad980..126873145 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/debug/java/com/testappsentry/ReactNativeFlipper.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/debug/java/com/testappsentry/ReactNativeFlipper.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.modules.network.NetworkingModule;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 
-public class ReactNativeFlipper {
+public class ReactNativeFlipper { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
   public static void initializeFlipper(Context context, ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager) {
     if (FlipperUtils.shouldEnableFlipper(context)) {
       final FlipperClient client = AndroidFlipperClient.getInstance(context);
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/MainApplication.java b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/MainApplication.java
index c5c2b2656..de25c6949 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/MainApplication.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/MainApplication.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public void onCreate() {
    * @param context
    * @param reactInstanceManager
    */
-  private static void initializeFlipper(
+  private static void initializeFlipper( // NOPMD - Default RN Template
       Context context, ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager) {
     if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
       try {
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ private static void initializeFlipper(
             .invoke(null, context, reactInstanceManager);
       } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
-      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
         e.printStackTrace();
-      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
         e.printStackTrace();
-      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
         e.printStackTrace();
       }
     }
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/MainApplicationReactNativeHost.java b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/MainApplicationReactNativeHost.java
index 95acea007..43bb6f70b 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/MainApplicationReactNativeHost.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/MainApplicationReactNativeHost.java
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
 
   @Override
   protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
-    List<ReactPackage> packages = new PackageList(this).getPackages();
+    List<ReactPackage> packages = // NOPMD - Default RN Template
+        new PackageList(this).getPackages();
     // Packages that cannot be autolinked yet can be added manually here, for example:
     //     packages.add(new MyReactNativePackage());
     // TurboModules must also be loaded here providing a valid TurboReactPackage implementation:
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/components/MainComponentsRegistry.java b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/components/MainComponentsRegistry.java
index c8bdeaf2a..9e4080b38 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/components/MainComponentsRegistry.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/components/MainComponentsRegistry.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * `newArchEnabled` property). Is ignored otherwise.
  */
 @DoNotStrip
-public class MainComponentsRegistry {
+public class MainComponentsRegistry { // NOPMD - Default RN Template
   static {
     SoLoader.loadLibrary("fabricjni");
   }
diff --git a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/modules/MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate.java b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/modules/MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate.java
index 7f35da462..4ff41fbca 100644
--- a/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/modules/MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate.java
+++ b/performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src/main/java/com/testappsentry/newarchitecture/modules/MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 public class MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate
     extends ReactPackageTurboModuleManagerDelegate {
 
-  private static volatile boolean sIsSoLibraryLoaded;
+  private static volatile boolean sIsSoLibraryLoaded; // NOPMD - Default RN Template
 
   protected MainApplicationTurboModuleManagerDelegate(
       ReactApplicationContext reactApplicationContext, List<ReactPackage> packages) {
diff --git a/samples/react-native/android/app/src/main/java/io/sentry/reactnative/sample/AssetsModule.java b/samples/react-native/android/app/src/main/java/io/sentry/reactnative/sample/AssetsModule.java
index f5cba7960..e4dcbdaac 100644
--- a/samples/react-native/android/app/src/main/java/io/sentry/reactnative/sample/AssetsModule.java
+++ b/samples/react-native/android/app/src/main/java/io/sentry/reactnative/sample/AssetsModule.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableNativeArray;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 public class AssetsModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
@@ -21,13 +22,12 @@ public String getName() {
 
   @ReactMethod
   public void getExampleAssetData(Promise promise) {
+    InputStream stream = null;
     try {
-      InputStream stream =
-          this.getReactApplicationContext().getResources().getAssets().open("logo_mini.png");
+      stream = this.getReactApplicationContext().getResources().getAssets().open("logo_mini.png");
       int size = stream.available();
       byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
       stream.read(buffer);
-      stream.close();
       WritableArray array = new WritableNativeArray();
       for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
         array.pushInt(buffer[i]);
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ public void getExampleAssetData(Promise promise) {
       promise.resolve(array);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       promise.reject(e);
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        if (stream != null) {
+          stream.close();
+        }
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        promise.reject(e);
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/pmd.sh b/scripts/pmd.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6da881555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/pmd.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Running PMD for Java files"
+
+npx pmd check \
+  -d samples/react-native/android/app/src \
+  -d packages/core/android \
+  -d performance-tests/TestAppPlain/android/app/src \
+  -d performance-tests/TestAppSentry/android/app/src \
+  -R rulesets/java/quickstart.xml \
+  -f text
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bb995130a..8dead489e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -14341,6 +14341,16 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"find-java-home@npm:^1.2.2":
+  version: 1.2.2
+  resolution: "find-java-home@npm:1.2.2"
+  dependencies:
+    which: ~1.0.5
+    winreg: ~1.2.2
+  checksum: 8d211909fb1cb7484a7b9ff857d9a6ec17f7e3f3322485ed8d189a8e8e597947e1924130e8ed854c0b8c155816631bca94cf9bcf774be2bae4ba6ee506a7464e
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "find-up@npm:^2.0.0":
   version: 2.1.0
   resolution: "find-up@npm:2.1.0"
@@ -20588,7 +20598,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"node-fetch@npm:^2.0.0-alpha.8, node-fetch@npm:^2.2.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.12, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
+"node-fetch@npm:^2.0.0-alpha.8, node-fetch@npm:^2.2.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.0, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.1, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.12, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.6, node-fetch@npm:^2.6.7":
   version: 2.7.0
   resolution: "node-fetch@npm:2.7.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -20647,6 +20657,19 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"node-java-connector@npm:1.1.1":
+  version: 1.1.1
+  resolution: "node-java-connector@npm:1.1.1"
+  dependencies:
+    find-java-home: ^1.2.2
+    node-fetch: ^2.6.6
+    tar: ^6.1.11
+    typescript: ^4.5.5
+    yauzl: ^2.10.0
+  checksum: e4853abdc7161a588ab316955e7a957d82d6d7a98305db386160c066708c518a9f9392a3d56fbfb8def8b69633a5de3d0c1645f733e9ef3ad9a18a2beae181dc
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "node-machine-id@npm:1.1.12":
   version: 1.1.12
   resolution: "node-machine-id@npm:1.1.12"
@@ -22004,6 +22027,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"pmd-bin@npm:^2.5.0":
+  version: 2.5.0
+  resolution: "pmd-bin@npm:2.5.0"
+  dependencies:
+    node-java-connector: 1.1.1
+  bin:
+    pmd: pmd
+  checksum: c758bbeae89517d1ce1cf0a01401891d01cd9982c9bb98c85ef782cadde6e9bb1d038cd820aaf19df24a27d6d161dea94f27236966227438aeefd9e0d5322b52
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "pngjs@npm:^3.3.0":
   version: 3.4.0
   resolution: "pngjs@npm:3.4.0"
@@ -24518,6 +24552,7 @@ __metadata:
     google-java-format: ^1.4.0
     lerna: ^8.1.8
     npm-run-all2: ^6.2.2
+    pmd-bin: ^2.5.0
     prettier: ^2.0.5
     react-native-version: ^4.0.0
     replace-in-file: ^7.0.1
@@ -26569,7 +26604,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"typescript@npm:4.9.5, typescript@npm:^4.0.0, typescript@npm:^4.9.5":
+"typescript@npm:4.9.5, typescript@npm:^4.0.0, typescript@npm:^4.5.5, typescript@npm:^4.9.5":
   version: 4.9.5
   resolution: "typescript@npm:4.9.5"
   bin:
@@ -26619,7 +26654,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"typescript@patch:typescript@4.9.5#~builtin<compat/typescript>, typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A^4.0.0#~builtin<compat/typescript>, typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A^4.9.5#~builtin<compat/typescript>":
+"typescript@patch:typescript@4.9.5#~builtin<compat/typescript>, typescript@patch:typescript@^4.5.5#~builtin<compat/typescript>, typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A^4.0.0#~builtin<compat/typescript>, typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A^4.9.5#~builtin<compat/typescript>":
   version: 4.9.5
   resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A4.9.5#~builtin<compat/typescript>::version=4.9.5&hash=289587"
   bin:
@@ -27524,6 +27559,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"which@npm:~1.0.5":
+  version: 1.0.9
+  resolution: "which@npm:1.0.9"
+  bin:
+    which: ./bin/which
+  checksum: 645debd713715e7dd1d33ad7b118b4c7fb98d2f961497791f5460e802e550c8d8895c282c28afa44a538d4f6242db130f50c82f0b97aaddbc6e0120a324160df
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "wide-align@npm:1.1.5, wide-align@npm:^1.1.5":
   version: 1.1.5
   resolution: "wide-align@npm:1.1.5"
@@ -27533,6 +27577,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"winreg@npm:~1.2.2":
+  version: 1.2.5
+  resolution: "winreg@npm:1.2.5"
+  checksum: 4bc0f8328ec814bdc7a6029354aebfdf090469d9f31fcaa85c3536b07289c3346d5606552351848bd9bd0af71a58c4a3cfa63760d842c9da1a8a99b9d2d443ab
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "winston-transport@npm:^4.5.0":
   version: 4.7.1
   resolution: "winston-transport@npm:4.7.1"