diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6cbaefdcb..e86ce25b57 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.6</version>
+          <version>3.6.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- SUREFIRE-1226 workaround -->
             <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>