diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 413556f3..28654cbc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
         <pmd.version>7.4.0</pmd.version>
-        <maven.surefire.version>3.3.1</maven.surefire.version>
+        <maven.surefire.version>3.4.0</maven.surefire.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>