diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b41d11c7f..9981228cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
                         <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.16</version>
+                        <version>2.22.1</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>