diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9d2af71ac..45cbad0b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
                         <reportPlugins combine.children="append">
                             <plugin>
                                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                                <version>2.8</version>
+                                <version>2.10.4</version>
                                 <configuration>
                                     <links merge:children="BOTH" merge:removeDuplicates="true">
                                         <link>http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/api/</link>