diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 99b9ebfe5..7b8899bb0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.6.2</version>
+						<version>3.8.0</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>attach-javadocs</id>