diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b4afdce..5ff7a029 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <!-- JaCoCo runtime must know where to dump coverage: -->