diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f6e0e178b..8c67d10d7f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
         <maven-plugin-tools.version>3.15.1</maven-plugin-tools.version>
         <maven-archetype.version>3.3.1</maven-archetype.version>
         <activemq.version>6.1.6</activemq.version>
-        <surefire.version>3.5.2</surefire.version>
+        <surefire.version>3.5.3</surefire.version>
         <!-- This variable is used in some Xdocs and is substituted using Velocity. Note that
              we can't use the project.version variable directly because of the dot. See
              http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-site-plugin/examples/creating-content.html -->