diff --git a/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml b/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
index a5dbabbc1d..55f8e25a8b 100644
--- a/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-format-structures/pom.xml
@@ -126,9 +126,10 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- We have to turn off the javadoc check because thrift generates improper comments -->
-          <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+          <doclint>none</doclint>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
@@ -139,9 +140,10 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <!-- We have to turn off the javadoc check because thrift generates improper comments -->
-          <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+          <doclint>none</doclint>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba98aba19a..8816f906f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
     <brotli-codec.version>0.1.1</brotli-codec.version>
     <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
+    <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
 
     <!-- parquet-cli dependencies -->
     <opencsv.version>2.3</opencsv.version>
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.9</version>
+        <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
         <reportSets>
           <reportSet><!-- by default, id = "default" -->
             <reports><!-- select non-aggregate reports -->
@@ -363,6 +364,11 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.mycila.maven-license-plugin</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-license-plugin</artifactId>