Merge pull request #39: Bump maven-surefire-plugin from 3.0.0-M7 to 3.0.0-M8

diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 378181f..ae7e5eb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 dependencies {
     // App dependencies.
-    implementation "org.apache.beam:beam-sdks-java-core:2.42.0"
-    implementation "org.apache.beam:beam-runners-direct-java:2.42.0"
+    implementation "org.apache.beam:beam-sdks-java-core:2.44.0"
+    implementation "org.apache.beam:beam-runners-direct-java:2.44.0"
     implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:1.7.32"
 
     // Tests dependencies.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 937ae8d..eb29d14 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>beam-sdks-java-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.42.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>
       <artifactId>beam-runners-direct-java</artifactId>
-      <version>2.42.0</version>
+      <version>2.44.0</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>