diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 05e883d..3f9f957 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for Maven-Parent
 
-## [v1.2.0] - 2023-10-13
+## [v1.2.0] - 2024-04-03
 
 ### Bug
+* update maven-javadoc-plugin to from 2.6.8 to 3.6.3. #25877
 * update groovy-all plugin dependency from 3.0.0-beta to 3.0.13 #25872
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d406be3..631fcc5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@
         <plugin.assembly.version>2.6</plugin.assembly.version>
         <plugin.compiler.version>3.10.1</plugin.compiler.version>
         <plugin.source.version>2.1.2</plugin.source.version>
-        <plugin.javadoc.version>2.8</plugin.javadoc.version>
+        <plugin.javadoc.version>3.6.3</plugin.javadoc.version>
         <plugin.resources.version>3.1.0</plugin.resources.version>
 
         <!-- default value for the distro directory -->