diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84595aa..f0ecb99 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.6.3</version>
+                    <version>3.7.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <!-- supports reproducibility of generated Javadocs -->
                         <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>