diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40e231de..c30bf776 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.7.0</version>
+          <version>3.8.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <additionalOptions>--allow-script-in-comments</additionalOptions>
             <failOnError>false</failOnError>