diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 893d6fd..0b5323b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.4.2</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.8.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>