diff --git a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
index 5be5b86fb..0401a3532 100644
--- a/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-http-client-bom/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.1</version>
+        <version>3.2.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 400da2d58..8fac9b174 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.1</version>
+          <version>3.2.0</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>attach-javadocs</id>