diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0385dcf988..3253b64f57 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.0</version>
+                    <version>3.6.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <additionalJOptions>
                             <additionalJOption>--add-exports=jdk.compiler/com.sun.tools.javac.api=ALL-UNNAMED</additionalJOption>