diff --git a/java/demo/pom.xml b/java/demo/pom.xml
index 1b42f7caa9..f178d5badf 100644
--- a/java/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/java/demo/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- SoyInfoParser does not generate valid javadoc and
           <excludePackageNames> does not work for /generated-sources for
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 5c9628a6ab..3d0234d109 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-javadocs</id>