diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3c07b76dd1..f49fdd7c89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         <webwolf.port>9090</webwolf.port>
 
         <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
-        <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.3</asciidoctorj.version>
+        <asciidoctorj.version>3.0.1</asciidoctorj.version>
         <bootstrap.version>3.3.7</bootstrap.version>
         <cglib.version>2.2</cglib.version> <!-- do not update necessary for lesson -->
         <checkstyle.version>3.1.2</checkstyle.version>