diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16ae87520..bb858c8bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.0</version>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
             <configuration>
               <doclint>none</doclint>
               <sourcepath>${project.build.sourceDirectory}:${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/annotations</sourcepath>