diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84f7f81..aa687c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for Maven-Parent
 
+## [v1.2.2-SNAPSHOT] - 2024-04-03
+
+* update maven-javadoc-plugin to from 2.6.8 to 3.6.3. #25877
+
 ## [v1.2.0] - 2023-10-13
 
 ### Bug
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee54f5e..ae25ada 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.gcube.tools</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.0</version>
+    <version>1.2.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <scm>
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@
         <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 -->
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@
         <java.expected.vm>.*OpenJDK.*</java.expected.vm>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java_version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java_version}</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.local.classpath>/opt/gcube/local-classpath</maven.local.classpath>
+        <!--maven.local.classpath>/opt/gcube/local-classpath</maven.local.classpath-->
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.version>3.3.9</maven.version>