diff --git a/jOOQ-checker/pom.xml b/jOOQ-checker/pom.xml
index 55eb31d3f0..3a1610ffdd 100644
--- a/jOOQ-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-checker/pom.xml
@@ -41,16 +41,6 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
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         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9108cf167..b2d93b3360 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <!-- [#9099] later versions up to 3.1.1 don't appear to work (to be tested with 3.1.2) -->
+                    <version>3.0.1</version>
                     <inherited>true</inherited>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>