diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e5426fc75d6..3a4a6dde80d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     <rxjava.version>2.2.21</rxjava.version>
     <awaitility.version>4.0.3</awaitility.version>
     <apacheds.version>2.0.0-M19</apacheds.version>
-    <surefire.version>3.0.0</surefire.version>
+    <surefire.version>3.5.4</surefire.version>
     <graalapi.version>22.0.0.2</graalapi.version>
     <skipTests>false</skipTests>
     <skipUnitTests>${skipTests}</skipUnitTests>