diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c50a4ff3c..f256c206f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.2</version>
+                    <version>3.5.3</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <argLine>-Xmx8G -Xms256M -Xss8M -Dmaven.home="${maven.home}"</argLine>
                         <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
                             <artifactId>surefire-junit4</artifactId>
-                            <version>3.5.2</version>
+                            <version>3.5.3</version>
                         </dependency>
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>junit</groupId>