diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index 0fb8c8436..59d2aafc7 100755
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
 retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
   mvn install -B -V -ntp \
     -DskipTests=true \
+    -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true \
     -Dclirr.skip=true
 
 mvn -B dependency:analyze -DfailOnWarning=true