diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 6fc5c78bd..e79474edd 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <name>Quarkus Micrometer Registry - Documentation</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.8</asciidoctorj.version>
+        <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.9</asciidoctorj.version>
         <asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>2.2.4</asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>
         <yaml-properties-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</yaml-properties-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>