diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4bf3a3f8d..6df5f9c21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Integrates with Spring Data, Spring Data REST and Apache Solr</description>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.6.3</version>
+                        <version>3.7.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>