diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d41e60a04..5757a60cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.5</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Tests will be run with scalatest-maven-plugin instead -->
                     <skipTests>true</skipTests>