diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6345b7cf..d82e57d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+                <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>
                         --illegal-access=permit