The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Javadoc Plugin, version 3.1.1
https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/ You should specify the version in your project's plugin configuration: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1.1</version> </plugin> You can download the appropriate sources etc. from the download page: https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-javadoc-plugin/download.cgi Release Notes - Maven Javadoc Plugin - Version 3.1.1 ** Bug * [MJAVADOC-539] - Upgrading plugin from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 and 3.1.0 breaks certain external javadoc links * [MJAVADOC-589] - JDK 12 Classes Not Automatically Linked * [MJAVADOC-591] - javadoc fails with maven.compiler.release=8 and Automatic-Module-Name * [MJAVADOC-599] - javadoc:aggregate-jar does not create the jar when executed as build plugin ** Improvement * [MJAVADOC-516] - Replace usage of deprecated HttpClient code Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team