diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 175c0c40..1d5d8e8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 		<maven-surfire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surfire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.3</maven-release-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>3.4.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
 		<maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
 		<apache-rat-plugin.version>0.8</apache-rat-plugin.version>
 		<maven-assembly-plugin.version>2.2.2</maven-assembly-plugin.version>