diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9aa26310..ac4db554 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+          <version>3.2.3</version>
           <configuration>
             <argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
             <reportNameSuffix>sponge_log</reportNameSuffix>