diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1670ce566..06b1a802c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.6.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <skipAfterFailureCount>1</skipAfterFailureCount>
                     <excludes>