diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d0e9e6e..3c0f5cb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.3</version>
+        <version>3.7.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>${java.version}</source>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>