diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7204d50..41978d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.8.0</version>
+                    <version>3.10.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <!-- supports reproducibility of generated Javadocs -->
                         <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>