diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 535a7b53181..3e621f9124f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
   <properties>
 
     <!-- Shared properties with plugins and version numbers across submodules-->
-    <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.3</asciidoctorj.version>
+    <asciidoctorj.version>2.5.8</asciidoctorj.version>
     <bootstrap.version>3.4.1</bootstrap.version>
     <cglib.version>2.2</cglib.version>
     <!-- do not update necessary for lesson -->