diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index c9a4768d4bd6..63c15bb575b8 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.9.1</version>
+          <version>3.6.3</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 627ed64b399a..e9fca2d820f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.10.1</version>
+                    <version>3.6.3</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <!-- jdk8 started linting javadocs by default; ours are not fully compliant -->
                         <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>