diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0eccdad..9c3485d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
             <plugin> 
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <docfilessubdirs>true</docfilessubdirs>
                     <additionalOptions>-html5</additionalOptions>