diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e125801..e46ac447 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
 
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.22.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Sets the VM argument line used when unit tests are run. -->
                     <argLine>${surefireArgLine}</argLine>