diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7911c3..e730fc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.3</version>
+                <version>3.12.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>8</source> <!-- workaround https://stackoverflow.com/a/60322437/52176 -->
                     <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.11.3</version>
+                        <version>3.12.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>