diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b4865735c..2110c59a92 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>2.19.1</version>
+               <version>2.18.1</version>
                <configuration>
                   <forkMode>once</forkMode>
                   <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-               <version>2.19.1</version>
+               <version>2.18.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/extra-tests/pom.xml b/tests/extra-tests/pom.xml
index 3d1e9ebb15..22536bb445 100644
--- a/tests/extra-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/extra-tests/pom.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.19.1</version>
+            <version>2.18.1</version>
             <configuration>
                <skipTests>${skipExtraTests}</skipTests>
                <!-- ensure we don't inherit a byteman jar form any env settings -->