diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 362b9dc..df35b14 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "eslint-config-google": "^0.14.0",
     "eslint-plugin-html": "^6.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.26.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^39.6.4",
+    "eslint-plugin-jsdoc": "^44.2.4",
     "eslint-plugin-lit": "^1.6.1",
     "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/.eslintrc.js b/plugins/.eslintrc.js
index 149a31e..920ec2a 100644
--- a/plugins/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/plugins/.eslintrc.js
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@
     'jsdoc/implements-on-classes': 2,
     // https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc#eslint-plugin-jsdoc-rules-match-description
     'jsdoc/match-description': 0,
-    // https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc#eslint-plugin-jsdoc-rules-newline-after-description
-    'jsdoc/newline-after-description': 2,
     // https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc#eslint-plugin-jsdoc-rules-no-types
     'jsdoc/no-types': 0,
     // https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc#eslint-plugin-jsdoc-rules-no-undefined-types
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/.eslintrc.js b/polygerrit-ui/app/.eslintrc.js
index e18a3af..7abc658 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/.eslintrc.js
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@
     'jsdoc/implements-on-classes': 2,
     // https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc#eslint-plugin-jsdoc-rules-match-description
     'jsdoc/match-description': 0,
-    // https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc#eslint-plugin-jsdoc-rules-newline-after-description
-    'jsdoc/newline-after-description': 2,
     // https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc#eslint-plugin-jsdoc-rules-no-types
     'jsdoc/no-types': 0,
     // https://github.com/gajus/eslint-plugin-jsdoc#eslint-plugin-jsdoc-rules-no-undefined-types
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d66270b..dd94d38 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -90,14 +90,14 @@
   dependencies:
     google-protobuf "^3.6.1"
 
-"@es-joy/jsdoccomment@~0.36.1":
-  version "0.36.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@es-joy/jsdoccomment/-/jsdoccomment-0.36.1.tgz#c37db40da36e4b848da5fd427a74bae3b004a30f"
-  integrity sha512-922xqFsTpHs6D0BUiG4toiyPOMc8/jafnWKxz1KWgS4XzKPy2qXf1Pe6UFuNSCQqt6tOuhAWXBNuuyUhJmw9Vg==
+"@es-joy/jsdoccomment@~0.39.3":
+  version "0.39.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@es-joy/jsdoccomment/-/jsdoccomment-0.39.4.tgz#6b8a62e9b3077027837728818d3c4389a898b392"
+  integrity sha512-Jvw915fjqQct445+yron7Dufix9A+m9j1fCJYlCo1FWlRvTxa3pjJelxdSTdaLWcTwRU6vbL+NYjO4YuNIS5Qg==
   dependencies:
     comment-parser "1.3.1"
-    esquery "^1.4.0"
-    jsdoc-type-pratt-parser "~3.1.0"
+    esquery "^1.5.0"
+    jsdoc-type-pratt-parser "~4.0.0"
 
 "@esbuild/linux-loong64@0.14.54":
   version "0.14.54"
@@ -690,6 +690,11 @@
     normalize-path "^3.0.0"
     picomatch "^2.0.4"
 
+are-docs-informative@^0.0.2:
+  version "0.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/are-docs-informative/-/are-docs-informative-0.0.2.tgz#387f0e93f5d45280373d387a59d34c96db321963"
+  integrity sha512-ixiS0nLNNG5jNQzgZJNoUpBKdo9yTYZMGJ+QgT2jmjR7G7+QHRCc4v6LQ3NgE7EBJq+o0ams3waJwkrlBom8Ig==
+
 argparse@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-2.0.1.tgz#246f50f3ca78a3240f6c997e8a9bd1eac49e4b38"
@@ -1704,17 +1709,18 @@
     resolve "^1.22.0"
     tsconfig-paths "^3.14.1"
 
-eslint-plugin-jsdoc@^39.6.4:
-  version "39.6.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-jsdoc/-/eslint-plugin-jsdoc-39.6.4.tgz#b940aebd3eea26884a0d341785d2dc3aba6a38a7"
-  integrity sha512-fskvdLCfwmPjHb6e+xNGDtGgbF8X7cDwMtVLAP2WwSf9Htrx68OAx31BESBM1FAwsN2HTQyYQq7m4aW4Q4Nlag==
+eslint-plugin-jsdoc@^44.2.4:
+  version "44.2.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-plugin-jsdoc/-/eslint-plugin-jsdoc-44.2.4.tgz#0bdc163771504ec7330414eda6a7dbae67156ddb"
+  integrity sha512-/EMMxCyRh1SywhCb66gAqoGX4Yv6Xzc4bsSkF1AiY2o2+bQmGMQ05QZ5+JjHbdFTPDZY9pfn+DsSNP0a5yQpIg==
   dependencies:
-    "@es-joy/jsdoccomment" "~0.36.1"
+    "@es-joy/jsdoccomment" "~0.39.3"
+    are-docs-informative "^0.0.2"
     comment-parser "1.3.1"
     debug "^4.3.4"
     escape-string-regexp "^4.0.0"
-    esquery "^1.4.0"
-    semver "^7.3.8"
+    esquery "^1.5.0"
+    semver "^7.5.1"
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.1"
 
 eslint-plugin-lit@^1.6.1:
@@ -1859,6 +1865,13 @@
   dependencies:
     estraverse "^5.1.0"
 
+esquery@^1.5.0:
+  version "1.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esquery/-/esquery-1.5.0.tgz#6ce17738de8577694edd7361c57182ac8cb0db0b"
+  integrity sha512-YQLXUplAwJgCydQ78IMJywZCceoqk1oH01OERdSAJc/7U2AylwjhSCLDEtqwg811idIS/9fIU5GjG73IgjKMVg==
+  dependencies:
+    estraverse "^5.1.0"
+
 esrecurse@^4.3.0:
   version "4.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esrecurse/-/esrecurse-4.3.0.tgz#7ad7964d679abb28bee72cec63758b1c5d2c9921"
@@ -2918,10 +2931,10 @@
   dependencies:
     argparse "^2.0.1"
 
-jsdoc-type-pratt-parser@~3.1.0:
-  version "3.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsdoc-type-pratt-parser/-/jsdoc-type-pratt-parser-3.1.0.tgz#a4a56bdc6e82e5865ffd9febc5b1a227ff28e67e"
-  integrity sha512-MgtD0ZiCDk9B+eI73BextfRrVQl0oyzRG8B2BjORts6jbunj4ScKPcyXGTbB6eXL4y9TzxCm6hyeLq/2ASzNdw==
+jsdoc-type-pratt-parser@~4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsdoc-type-pratt-parser/-/jsdoc-type-pratt-parser-4.0.0.tgz#136f0571a99c184d84ec84662c45c29ceff71114"
+  integrity sha512-YtOli5Cmzy3q4dP26GraSOeAhqecewG04hoO8DY56CH4KJ9Fvv5qKWUCCo3HZob7esJQHCv6/+bnTy72xZZaVQ==
 
 json-buffer@3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
@@ -4107,10 +4120,10 @@
   dependencies:
     lru-cache "^6.0.0"
 
-semver@^7.3.8:
-  version "7.3.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.3.8.tgz#07a78feafb3f7b32347d725e33de7e2a2df67798"
-  integrity sha512-NB1ctGL5rlHrPJtFDVIVzTyQylMLu9N9VICA6HSFJo8MCGVTMW6gfpicwKmmK/dAjTOrqu5l63JJOpDSrAis3A==
+semver@^7.5.1:
+  version "7.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.5.1.tgz#c90c4d631cf74720e46b21c1d37ea07edfab91ec"
+  integrity sha512-Wvss5ivl8TMRZXXESstBA4uR5iXgEN/VC5/sOcuXdVLzcdkz4HWetIoRfG5gb5X+ij/G9rw9YoGn3QoQ8OCSpw==
   dependencies:
     lru-cache "^6.0.0"