diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1b1471..024173f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skipTests>true</skipTests>
                 </configuration>