diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f41ab8d3e..055626199 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <maven-checkstyle-version>8.44</maven-checkstyle-version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin-version>3.1.0</maven-gpg-plugin-version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin-version>3.1.1</maven-deploy-plugin-version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>3.5.0</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin-version>3.6.3</maven-javadoc-plugin-version>
         <maven-source-plugin-version>3.2.1</maven-source-plugin-version>
         <jandex-maven-plugin-version>1.2.3</jandex-maven-plugin-version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin-version>3.5.0</build-helper-maven-plugin-version>
diff --git a/support/camel-k-runtime-bom/pom.xml b/support/camel-k-runtime-bom/pom.xml
index d6616c786..364a2d2e0 100644
--- a/support/camel-k-runtime-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/support/camel-k-runtime-bom/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <version>3.6.3</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>