diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91f6a1e63..1eebe2b1d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<version.maven.javadoc>3.1.0</version.maven.javadoc>
 		<version.maven.resources>3.0.2</version.maven.resources>
 		<version.maven.surefire>3.0.0-M3</version.maven.surefire>
-		<version.maven.asciidoctor>1.5.6</version.maven.asciidoctor>
+		<version.maven.asciidoctor>1.6.0</version.maven.asciidoctor>
 		<version.maven.wildfly>2.0.0.Final</version.maven.wildfly>
 
 		<!-- release dependencies -->