diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d5a38325d..6d95579c9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
           <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>2.22.2</version>
+              <version>3.1.2</version>
               <configuration>
                       <!-- no argLine here -->
               </configuration>