diff --git a/project/Doc.scala b/project/Doc.scala
index a9d37fe757..1880fa6b1f 100644
--- a/project/Doc.scala
+++ b/project/Doc.scala
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ object BootstrapGenjavadoc extends AutoPlugin {
 
   override lazy val projectSettings = UnidocRoot.CliOptions.genjavadocEnabled
     .ifTrue(Seq(
-      unidocGenjavadocVersion := "0.15",
+      unidocGenjavadocVersion := "0.16",
       scalacOptions in Compile ++= Seq("-P:genjavadoc:fabricateParams=true", "-P:genjavadoc:suppressSynthetic=false")))
     .getOrElse(Nil)
 }