diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 74d23b52..f99e1a29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -327,3 +327,4 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
 </project>
+