diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 751dfdf..35b9c9a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,13 +106,10 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
-          <systemProperties>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
             <!-- required for maven-invoker to locate Maven installation -->
-            <property>
-              <name>maven.home</name>
-              <value>${maven.home}</value>
-            </property>
-          </systemProperties>
+            <maven.home>${maven.home}</maven.home>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
           <excludes>
             <exclude>test-build-should*/**</exclude>
           </excludes>
@@ -139,12 +136,9 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-              <systemProperties combine.children="append">
-                <property>
-                  <name>maven.repo.local</name>
-                  <value>${maven.repo.local}</value>
-                </property>
-              </systemProperties>
+              <systemPropertyVariables combine.children="append">
+                <maven.repo.local>${maven.repo.local}</maven.repo.local>
+              </systemPropertyVariables>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>