diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e42411708..9538ed1325 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.2</version>
+          <version>3.5.3</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- SUREFIRE-1226 workaround -->
             <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>