diff --git a/java/demo/pom.xml b/java/demo/pom.xml
index 07aa79ca60..8db68659c9 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 5c58371866..5ba3ab2bb7 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>