diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05b8a2e..635810a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-plugin.version>0.8.11</jacoco-plugin.version>
     </properties>