diff --git a/drkafka/pom.xml b/drkafka/pom.xml
index 787f3ffa..210afee0 100644
--- a/drkafka/pom.xml
+++ b/drkafka/pom.xml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.9.1</version>
+				<version>3.1.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
 				</configuration>
diff --git a/kafkastats/pom.xml b/kafkastats/pom.xml
index 6dd52630..9d5757c7 100644
--- a/kafkastats/pom.xml
+++ b/kafkastats/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.9.1</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
                 </configuration>