diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d789121b..bf25c6f89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6.3</version>
+            <version>3.7.0</version>
             <configuration>
               <failOnWarnings>true</failOnWarnings>
               <doclint>all,-missing</doclint>  <!-- ignore missing javadoc, these are enforced with more customizability in the checkstyle plugin -->