diff --git a/vertx-codegen-json/pom.xml b/vertx-codegen-json/pom.xml
index a435a974..5d774c2f 100644
--- a/vertx-codegen-json/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-codegen-json/pom.xml
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@
             <execution>
               <id>default-compile</id>
               <configuration>
-                <annotationProcessors>
-                  <annotationProcessor>io.vertx.docgen.JavaDocGenProcessor</annotationProcessor>
-                </annotationProcessors>
+                <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                  <annotationProcessorPath>
+                    <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>vertx-docgen-processor</artifactId>
+                    <classifier>processor</classifier>
+                  </annotationProcessorPath>
+                </annotationProcessorPaths>
                 <compilerArgs>
                   <arg>-Adocgen.source=${asciidoc.dir}</arg>
                   <arg>-Adocgen.output=${project.build.directory}/asciidoc/java</arg>
diff --git a/vertx-codegen-protobuf/pom.xml b/vertx-codegen-protobuf/pom.xml
index f55804e8..2ad9b972 100644
--- a/vertx-codegen-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-codegen-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -67,9 +67,13 @@
             <execution>
               <id>default-compile</id>
               <configuration>
-                <annotationProcessors>
-                  <annotationProcessor>io.vertx.docgen.JavaDocGenProcessor</annotationProcessor>
-                </annotationProcessors>
+                <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                  <annotationProcessorPath>
+                    <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>vertx-docgen-processor</artifactId>
+                    <classifier>processor</classifier>
+                  </annotationProcessorPath>
+                </annotationProcessorPaths>
                 <compilerArgs>
                   <arg>-Adocgen.source=${asciidoc.dir}</arg>
                   <arg>-Adocgen.output=${project.build.directory}/asciidoc/java</arg>