diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 417db42..6cb1019 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Allow JUnit to access the test classes
                          add argLine so target/jacoco.exec is generated properly -->