diff --git a/maven-javadoc-plugin-ioexception.patch b/maven-javadoc-plugin-ioexception.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc57c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-javadoc-plugin-ioexception.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff -urEbwB maven-javadoc-plugin-3.3.2.orig/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocUtil.java maven-javadoc-plugin-3.3.2/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocUtil.java
+--- maven-javadoc-plugin-3.3.2.orig/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocUtil.java	2022-10-25 16:12:07.505444128 +0200
++++ maven-javadoc-plugin-3.3.2/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/javadoc/JavadocUtil.java	2022-10-25 16:13:29.526000064 +0200
+@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@
+             {
+                 mavenHome = CommandLineUtils.getSystemEnvVars().getProperty( "M2_HOME" );
+             }
+-            catch ( IOException e )
++            catch ( Exception e )
+             {
+                 if ( log != null && log.isDebugEnabled() )
+                 {
+@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@
+         {
+             mavenOpts = CommandLineUtils.getSystemEnvVars().getProperty( "MAVEN_OPTS" );
+         }
+-        catch ( IOException e )
++        catch ( Exception e )
+         {
+             if ( log != null && log.isDebugEnabled() )
+             {
+@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
+         {
+             javaHomeValue = CommandLineUtils.getSystemEnvVars().getProperty( "JAVA_HOME" );
+         }
+-        catch ( IOException e )
++        catch ( Exception e )
+         {
+             if ( log != null && log.isDebugEnabled() )
+             {
+@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@
+         {
+             javaOpts = CommandLineUtils.getSystemEnvVars().getProperty( "JAVA_OPTS" );
+         }
+-        catch ( IOException e )
++        catch ( Exception e )
+         {
+             if ( log != null && log.isDebugEnabled() )
+             {
diff --git a/maven-javadoc-plugin.changes b/maven-javadoc-plugin.changes
index 93e8bfe..f1c31a9 100644
--- a/maven-javadoc-plugin.changes
+++ b/maven-javadoc-plugin.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 25 14:16:58 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Added patch:
+  * maven-javadoc-plugin-ioexception.patch
+    + allow building with wider range of plexus-utils versions,
+      including the 3.5.0 that does not declare IOException as
+      thrown in functions where it is actually not thrown. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 13 09:41:52 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/maven-javadoc-plugin.spec b/maven-javadoc-plugin.spec
index d49fa05..da6bf26 100644
--- a/maven-javadoc-plugin.spec
+++ b/maven-javadoc-plugin.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Source0:        https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/%{base_n
 Source1:        %{base_name}-build.xml
 Patch0:         %{base_name}-bootstrap-resources.patch
 Patch1:         stale-data-encoding.patch
+Patch2:         maven-javadoc-plugin-ioexception.patch
 BuildRequires:  apache-commons-cli
 BuildRequires:  apache-commons-io
 BuildRequires:  apache-commons-lang3
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ cp %{SOURCE1} build.xml
 %patch0 -p1
 %endif
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %pom_xpath_remove pom:project/pom:parent/pom:relativePath
 %pom_remove_dep :::test: