The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Javadoc Plugin, version 3.2.0
The Javadoc Plugin uses the Javadoc tool to generate javadocs for the specified project 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>3.2.0</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 3.2.0 ** Bug * [MJAVADOC-607] - followLinks fix to get redirect target breaks for certain sites * [MJAVADOC-609] - Include jars for which module name cannot be determined on the classpath * [MJAVADOC-612] - UnsupportedOperationException for javadoc:aggregate with multi modules with jpms * [MJAVADOC-616] - JavadocReportTest.testOptionsUmlautEncoding fails on Windows with default ecnoding that does not support umlauts * [MJAVADOC-620] - Maven Javadoc Plugin fails to resolve the dependencies when used with Java 11 * [MJAVADOC-639] - aggregate should use all requires static from maven modules ** Improvement * [MJAVADOC-613] - Exclude some modules with aggregate goals * [MJAVADOC-626] - Detect stale files and skip generation if not needed * [MJAVADOC-632] - agggregate using jpms and non jar module is failing * [MJAVADOC-636] - Exclude some modules when building aggregate * [MJAVADOC-637] - make build Reproducible * [MJAVADOC-640] - Ability to exclude maven modules from javadoc aggregate goals ** New Feature * [MJAVADOC-627] - Reproducible Builds: make entries in output jar files reproducible (order + timestamp) Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team