diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b0622b27e5..ccd8b2bc06 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.3</version>
+          <version>3.5.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- SUREFIRE-1226 workaround -->
             <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>