diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba491c4dc..eb24f5a87 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     <maven-site-plugin.version>4.0.0-M14</maven-site-plugin.version>
     <maven-source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
     <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.5.5</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
-    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
     <therapi.version>0.15.0</therapi.version>
     <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.21.0</versions-maven-plugin.version>