diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4596bf2..73279caf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
+        <version>3.1.0</version>
         <!-- by default surefire excludes tests on nested classes https://github.com/junit-team/junit5/issues/1377 -->
         <configuration>
           <excludes>