diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4530492f56f..b4e657a50b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
     <maven-surefire-plugin-version>3.5.4</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin-version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin-version>
     <maven-release-plugin-version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin-version>
-    <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>3.11.3</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
+    <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
     <maven-failsafe-plugin-version>3.5.4</maven-failsafe-plugin-version>
     <maven-dependency-plugin-version>3.8.1</maven-dependency-plugin-version>
     <maven-shade-plugin-version>3.6.1</maven-shade-plugin-version>