diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f38f86ee..c8d3b8ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.9.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.7</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.3.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>