diff --git a/project/AkkaBuild.scala b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
index 3567a08e85..e1c50fb979 100644
--- a/project/AkkaBuild.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaBuild.scala
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val sigar       = "org.fusesource"                   % "sigar"                        % "1.6.4"            // ApacheV2
 
     // Compiler plugins
-    val genjavadoc    = compilerPlugin("com.typesafe.genjavadoc" %% "genjavadoc-plugin" % "0.4" cross CrossVersion.full) // ApacheV2
+    val genjavadoc    = compilerPlugin("com.typesafe.genjavadoc" %% "genjavadoc-plugin" % "0.5" cross CrossVersion.full) // ApacheV2
 
     // Test