diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b67c07527..385c0a4dda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 		<owasp-sanitizer.version>20240325.1</owasp-sanitizer.version>
 		<!-- plugins -->
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.3</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
 		<maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
 		<maven-bundle-plugin.version>6.0.0</maven-bundle-plugin.version>
 		<maven-assembly-plugin.version>3.7.1</maven-assembly-plugin.version>