diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51f4c7175..be18f1f27 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.7</version>
+                    <version>2.6</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                     </configuration>