diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9067a3..204c752 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		<db>h2</db>
 		<jdk.version>11</jdk.version>
 		<!-- plugin versions -->
-		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
 		<maven-site-plugin.version>3.7.1</maven-site-plugin.version>
 		<exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>