diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00327ea8..ed982c68 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ under the License.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.2</version>
+          <version>3.4.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <notimestamp>true</notimestamp><!-- avoid noise for svn/gitpubsub -->
           </configuration>