diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d967f9f7..2d0a9547 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.9</version>
+                    <version>3.6.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <minmemory>64m</minmemory>
                         <maxmemory>2g</maxmemory>