diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7e26bb..3b76779 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
+    <surefire.version>2.21.0</surefire.version>
     <mavenVersion>3.0</mavenVersion>
   </properties>