diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ddbe18..a40b222 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.3</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- to disable the "missing" warnings. Remove the doclint to enable warnings-->
                     <doclint>all,-missing</doclint>