diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57d3b93d..9b88804a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.20.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>2.9</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>2.10.4</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <dependency-check-maven.version>1.4.5</dependency-check-maven.version>
      </properties>