diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e98b600..f4ed8d75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.6</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>3.6.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven.jar.version>3.2.2</maven.jar.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>