diff --git a/crt/aws-c-auth b/crt/aws-c-auth
index fc4b87655..4b5cf14bf 160000
--- a/crt/aws-c-auth
+++ b/crt/aws-c-auth
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fc4b87655e5cd3921f18d1859193c74af4102071
+Subproject commit 4b5cf14bfbb7d402ed89c7d614d77e924a65321f
diff --git a/crt/aws-c-common b/crt/aws-c-common
index 95515a8b1..7f18168e8 160000
--- a/crt/aws-c-common
+++ b/crt/aws-c-common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 95515a8b1ff40d5bb14f965ca4cbbe99ad1843df
+Subproject commit 7f18168e834b2abf276c6f92ae3b27af494fcca1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81e7d78a6..b221cf735 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <cmake.osx_arch>-DOSX_ARCH_DUMMY=1</cmake.osx_arch>
         <cmake.min_osx_version>-DOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET_DUMMY=1</cmake.min_osx_version>
         <cmake.crt_fips>OFF</cmake.crt_fips>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
                     <shutdown>kill</shutdown>
                     <argLine>-Daws.crt.memory.tracing=2 -Xcheck:jni</argLine>
                     <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
-                    <useFile>false</useFile>
+                    <useFile>true</useFile>
                     <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
                     <forkCount>0</forkCount>
                     <testFailureIgnore>false</testFailureIgnore>
diff --git a/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/crt/test/CredentialsProviderTest.java b/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/crt/test/CredentialsProviderTest.java
index 0e6e7d82b..d6bbe3db5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/crt/test/CredentialsProviderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/crt/test/CredentialsProviderTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.*;
 
+import software.amazon.awssdk.crt.Log;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ public void testCreateDestroyProfile_InvalidProfile() throws IOException {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateDestroyProfile_MissingCreds() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException, IOException {
+         Log.initLoggingToStderr(Log.LogLevel.Trace);
         Path confPath = Files.createTempFile("testCreateDestroyProfile_ValidProfile_conf_", "");
         Path credsPath = Files.createTempFile("testCreateDestroyProfile_ValidProfile_creds_", "");
         Files.write(credsPath, Arrays.asList("[default]")); // Contains a section header but no actual credentials
@@ -297,18 +300,18 @@ public void testCreateDestroyProfile_MissingCreds() throws ExecutionException, I
                 .withConfigFileNameOverride(confPath.toString()).withCredentialsFileNameOverride(credsPath.toString());
 
         try (ProfileCredentialsProvider provider = builder.build()) {
-            assertNotNull(provider);
+            assertNotNull("provider is null", provider);
             assertTrue(provider.getNativeHandle() != 0);
 
             try {
                 provider.getCredentials().join();
                 fail("Expected credential fetching to throw an exception since creds are missing from profile");
             } catch (CompletionException e) {
-                assertNotNull(e.getCause());
+                assertNotNull("exception is null", e.getCause());
                 Throwable innerException = e.getCause();
 
                 // Check that the right exception type caused the completion error in the future
-                assertTrue(innerException.getMessage().contains("Parser encountered an error"));
+                assertEquals(innerException.getMessage(), "Valid credentials could not be sourced by a profile provider");
                 assertEquals(CrtRuntimeException.class, innerException.getClass());
             }
         } finally {