diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index efa6e3f..f79dd8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10.3</version>
+                <version>3.4.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>8</source> <!-- workaround https://stackoverflow.com/a/60322437/52176 -->
                     <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.10.3</version>
+                        <version>3.4.1</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>