diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4c4abf050..66790fd0ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.0</version>
+          <version>3.5.6</version>
           <configuration>
             <argLine>${argLine} ${extraJavaTestArgs}</argLine>
             <failIfNoSpecifiedTests>false</failIfNoSpecifiedTests>