diff --git a/docs/parent/pom.xml b/docs/parent/pom.xml
index 9de2ceb8a193..3e14aaa686a4 100644
--- a/docs/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/parent/pom.xml
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
         <site.output.dir>${project.build.directory}/staging/${project.artifactId}</site.output.dir>
         <maven.site.skip>true</maven.site.skip>
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
-        <asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>1.5.7.1</asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>
+        <asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>2.2.1</asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>
         <!-- XXX - jbake needs an older version than this -->
-        <asciidoctorj.version>1.6.2</asciidoctorj.version>
-        <asciidoctorj.pdf.version>1.5.0-alpha.16</asciidoctorj.pdf.version>
-        <jruby.version>9.2.6.0</jruby.version>
+        <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.2</asciidoctorj.version>
+        <asciidoctorj.pdf.version>1.6.0</asciidoctorj.pdf.version>
+        <jruby.version>9.3.2.0</jruby.version>
         <!-- status: DRAFT, BETA, etc., or blank for final -->
         <status>DRAFT</status>
         <doc.pdf>${project.artifactId}.pdf</doc.pdf>
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asciidoctorj</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5.5</version>
+                        <version>1.5.8.1</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.asciidoctor</groupId>
                         <artifactId>asciidoctorj-diagram</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5.4</version>
+                        <version>1.5.18</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 859543178d42..dc50857df0ad 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             <plugins>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.glassfish.doc</groupId>