diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9bcfca..91c8f3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <maven-install-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-install-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.4</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.4.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
 
diff --git a/protobuf/pom.xml b/protobuf/pom.xml
index 0f89edb..0ccb83b 100644
--- a/protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- protobuf specific plugins versions -->
         <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.1</os-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
+        <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.5.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
         <protobuf-maven-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-replacer-plugin.version>1.4.1</maven-replacer-plugin.version>