diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 02deb45..2353266 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@
 						<goals>
 							<goal>jar</goal>
 						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<!-- skip strict check on javadoc annotations introduced in Java 8-->
+							<additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>