diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5df55bdb..4808ed6b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
         <!-- plugins -->
         <maven-release-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-release-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.10</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.1.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>