diff --git a/sadl3/com.ge.research.sadl.parent/pom.xml b/sadl3/com.ge.research.sadl.parent/pom.xml
index 6bbf8a735..19b88790c 100644
--- a/sadl3/com.ge.research.sadl.parent/pom.xml
+++ b/sadl3/com.ge.research.sadl.parent/pom.xml
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.6.3</version>
+          <version>3.8.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <author>false</author>
             <docencoding>UTF-8</docencoding>