diff --git a/dough-api/pom.xml b/dough-api/pom.xml
index 4bb28d00..e396f0e0 100644
--- a/dough-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dough-api/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.12.0</version>
 
                         <configuration>
                             <includeDependencySources>true</includeDependencySources>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5904fa61..2d2078a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.12.0</version>
 
                         <configuration>
                             <includeDependencySources>false</includeDependencySources>