diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d88bede5ae..bb796d1577 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.19.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <testSourceDirectory>test/java</testSourceDirectory>
                 </configuration>