diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3db2e653..d3072ff8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
                         <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
                 <configuration>