diff --git a/sdk1/pom.xml b/sdk1/pom.xml
index 2a1ab266..ffd3edab 100644
--- a/sdk1/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk1/pom.xml
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <excludePackageNames>*.internal:*.transform</excludePackageNames>
                     <minmemory>128m</minmemory>