diff --git a/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml b/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
index 180739058..cd1e314c7 100644
--- a/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/approvaltests-util-tests/pom.xml b/approvaltests-util-tests/pom.xml
index 84057e952..08a9bef6f 100644
--- a/approvaltests-util-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/approvaltests-util-tests/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68b269bee..451aff21d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             <!-- formatter_plugin_end -->
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.2</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>-Duser.language=en -Duser.region=US</argLine>
                     <parallel>methods</parallel>
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.5.2</version>
+                        <version>3.5.3</version>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>