diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9dae90d48..9e44b7569 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.0</version>
+          <version>3.6.3</version>
           <configuration>
             <tags>
               <!-- See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55906161/weird-javadoc-error-with-jdk12-for-osgi-version-annotation -->