diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
index c80a9566d..98e3d60e4 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/terraform/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT>handler</LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
index 96f5002fe..d77cfa80b 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <sqlite4java.library.path>${project.build.directory}/native-libs</sqlite4java.library.path>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index fcdf1ffef..fdf7699d8 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!-- JUnit 5 requires Surefire version 3.1.0 or higher -->
-                <version>3.2.5</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
index 129095534..e953e23a6 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!-- JUnit 5 requires Surefire version 3.1.0 or higher -->
-                <version>3.2.5</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1b714540..62213ab2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
         <aspectj-maven-plugin.version>1.14</aspectj-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.3</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.13</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.1.2</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>
                                 @{argLine}
diff --git a/powertools-common/pom.xml b/powertools-common/pom.xml
index adc86547d..ace7cbe5a 100644
--- a/powertools-common/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-common/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-common,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
diff --git a/powertools-logging/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
index e6b9d6603..e926caf45 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-logging,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.5</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_FORMAT>JSON</AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_FORMAT>
diff --git a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
index 836ded5ed..02f34e7c2 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-logging-log4j,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <POWERTOOLS_SERVICE_NAME>testLog4j</POWERTOOLS_SERVICE_NAME>
diff --git a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
index 1ad566809..f9b41a584 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/powertools-logging-logback/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-logging-logback,experimental-class-define-support</argLine>
                         </configuration>
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <POWERTOOLS_SERVICE_NAME>testLogback</POWERTOOLS_SERVICE_NAME>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
index 1bc7efb52..c2ac064e7 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.5</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_REGION>eu-central-1</AWS_REGION>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-parameters,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
index 06567c284..2498dbc41 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-appconfig/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-parameters-appconfig,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_REGION>eu-central-1</AWS_REGION>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
index 39b1bf083..b2934e648 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-parameters-dynamodb,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_REGION>eu-central-1</AWS_REGION>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
index 6d156e13c..dfb9edebe 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-secrets/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-parameters-secrets,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_REGION>eu-central-1</AWS_REGION>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
index 3b7916e3e..bed3cd3d7 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-ssm/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_REGION>eu-central-1</AWS_REGION>
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-parameters-ssm,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
index b83793200..fe629572b 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/powertools-parameters-tests/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-parameters,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
diff --git a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
index 9905d0f82..e55d11601 100644
--- a/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-serialization,experimental-class-define-support</argLine>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/powertools-tracing/pom.xml b/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
index 2fa82e708..d1ada1ed1 100644
--- a/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-tracing/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.2.3</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>-Dmockito.mock.maker=subclass -Dorg.graalvm.nativeimage.imagecode=agent -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.lambda/powertools-tracing,experimental-class-define-support
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED