diff --git a/dogstatsd-http/pom.xml b/dogstatsd-http/pom.xml
index bc6d7fc8..3473ec72 100644
--- a/dogstatsd-http/pom.xml
+++ b/dogstatsd-http/pom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.1.0</version>
+                        <version>3.12.0</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>