diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4a4527..9bf9b25 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <maven-surefire-plugin>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.2</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
         <checksum-maven-plugin.version>1.11</checksum-maven-plugin.version>