diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f95d4b2a..5878088db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
-    <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.13</asciidoctorj.version>
+    <asciidoctorj.version>3.0.0</asciidoctorj.version>
     <bootstrap.version>5.3.3</bootstrap.version>
     <cglib.version>3.3.0</cglib.version>
     <!-- do not update necessary for lesson -->