diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8111befe1..c4624d90b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
     <properties>
         <revision>2.1.1-SNAPSHOT</revision>
         <checkstyle.plugin.version>2.17</checkstyle.plugin.version>
-        <javadoc.plugin.version>3.3.1</javadoc.plugin.version>
+        <javadoc.plugin.version>3.4.0</javadoc.plugin.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.8.1</compiler.plugin.version>
         <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</surefire.plugin.version>
         <mvncheckstyle.plugin.version>3.1.2</mvncheckstyle.plugin.version>