diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df1bfc372c..637274cbc9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 					<!-- `mvn javadoc:javadoc` to generate target/site/apidocs in each module -->
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.5.0</version>
+					<version>3.6.0</version>
 				</plugin>
 
 				<plugin>