diff --git a/payara-micro-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/payara-micro-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 2124693d..9c4b3197 100644
--- a/payara-micro-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/payara-micro-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>