diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e3e5cd5a..97aa4328d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <version.maven.javadoc>3.2.0</version.maven.javadoc>
         <version.maven.resources>3.2.0</version.maven.resources>
         <version.maven.surefire>3.0.0-M5</version.maven.surefire>
-        <version.maven.asciidoctor>1.6.0</version.maven.asciidoctor>
+        <version.maven.asciidoctor>2.1.0</version.maven.asciidoctor>
         <version.maven.clean>3.1.0</version.maven.clean>
         <version.maven.dependency>3.1.2</version.maven.dependency>