diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 786a74638..1cc2bd104 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         <!-- These are not inherited from Camel via camel-dependencies -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin-version>3.15.0</maven-compiler-plugin-version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin-version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin-version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>3.5.0</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>3.12.0</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
         <maven-release-plugin-version>3.3.1</maven-release-plugin-version>
         <flatten-maven-plugin-version>1.5.0</flatten-maven-plugin-version>
         <metrics-cdi-version>1.3.3</metrics-cdi-version>