diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ad246932..5e6a14b4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <!-- JUnit 5 does not work with the ancient version of Spock we are forced to use -->
+                    <dependencies>
+                        <dependency>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
+                            <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                        </dependency>
+                    </dependencies>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-scm-publish-plugin</artifactId>