diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 90c5b24..05a1876 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6.3</version>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
             <configuration>
               <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
               <charset>UTF-8</charset>