diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index 37c792c5..c9dd6e41 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10.3</version>
+        <version>3.3.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-javadocs</id>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index ac1c64a7..6e378b61 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.10.3</version>
+        <version>3.3.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <excludePackageNames>com.amazonaws.services.kinesis.producer.protobuf</excludePackageNames>
         </configuration>