diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b67abf..4f31339 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.3</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <doclint>all,-missing</doclint>
                     <failOnError>false</failOnError>