diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e7204c7e4..4c796068d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
     <!-- Maven site depends on Velocity and the escaping rules are different in newer versions. -->
     <!-- See https://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-site-plugin/migrate.html -->
     <velocity.plugin.version>1.5</velocity.plugin.version>
-    <asciidoc.plugin.version>1.5.6</asciidoc.plugin.version>
+    <asciidoc.plugin.version>2.2.2</asciidoc.plugin.version>
     <remote.resources.plugin.version>1.5</remote.resources.plugin.version>
     <manifestfile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestfile>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>