diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abd6d5e..04eae1d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>