diff --git a/google-api-client-bom/pom.xml b/google-api-client-bom/pom.xml
index c462f4e07..a7b177a8e 100644
--- a/google-api-client-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-api-client-bom/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e81378d8..342bfc6d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
         <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>
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.0</version>
+            <version>3.6.0</version>
             <configuration>
               <doclet>com.microsoft.doclet.DocFxDoclet</doclet>
               <useStandardDocletOptions>false</useStandardDocletOptions>