mainPmdAuxClasspathCopy configuration has been deprecated for dependency declaration

Question

gradle version = 8.2.1

plugins {
     id 'pmd'
}

pmdMain {
    enabled = gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains('pmdMain')
}

Inclusion of plugin 'pmd' throws the following warnings while running ./gradlew dependencyUpdates. How do we get rid of these deprecations

The mainPmdAuxClasspathCopy configuration has been deprecated for dependency declaration. This will fail with an error in Gradle 9.0. Please use another configuration instead. Consult the upgrading guide for further information: https://docs.gradle.org/8.2.1/userguide/upgrading_version_5.html#dependencies_should_no_longer_be_declared_using_the_compile_and_runtime_configurations
The mainPmdAuxClasspathCopy2 configuration has been deprecated for dependency declaration. This will fail with an error in Gradle 9.0. Please use another configuration instead. Consult the upgrading guide for further information: https://docs.gradle.org/8.2.1/userguide/upgrading_version_5.html#dependencies_should_no_longer_be_declared_using_the_compile_and_runtime_configurations