The Apache Maven team is pleased to announce the release of the Apache Maven Javadoc Plugin, version 3.6.0
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>3.6.0</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 3.6.0 ** Bug * [MJAVADOC-642] - Setting maven.javadoc.isoffline seems to have no effect * [MJAVADOC-701] - javadoc site is broken for projects that contain modules * [MJAVADOC-733] - Alternative doclet page points to an SEO spammy page * [MJAVADOC-742] - [REGRESSION] Transitive dependencies of docletArtifact missing * [MJAVADOC-757] - Unresolvable link in javadoc tag with value ResourcesBundleMojo#getAttachmentClassifier() found in ResourcesBundleMojo * [MJAVADOC-758] - IOException --> NullPointerException in JavadocUtil.copyResource * [MJAVADOC-763] - JavadocReportTest.testExceptions is broken * [MJAVADOC-767] - javadoc creates invalid --patch-module statements * [MJAVADOC-769] - javadoc plugin can not deal with transitive filename based modules ** Improvement * [MJAVADOC-755] - Clean up deprecated and unpreferred methods in JavadocUtil * [MJAVADOC-760] - Cleanup dependency declarations as best possible * [MJAVADOC-770] - Allow building javadoc "the old fashioned way" after Java 8 ** Task * [MJAVADOC-743] - Drop use of deprecated localRepository mojo parameter * [MJAVADOC-765] - Make build pass with Java 20 * [MJAVADOC-772] - Refresh download page Enjoy, -The Apache Maven team