diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f266a5f..038dac7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
                     <dependency><!-- add Asciidoctor Doxia Parser Module -->
                         <groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asciidoctor-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.0</version>
+                        <version>2.2.2</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
                 <executions>