diff --git a/wls-common/pom.xml b/wls-common/pom.xml
index 1ed0b79d5..0ada85994 100644
--- a/wls-common/pom.xml
+++ b/wls-common/pom.xml
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.7.0</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>