diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c6ae6572..976301cf6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.8.1</version>
+          <version>2.9</version>
           <configuration>
             <redirectTestOutputToFile>${surefire.redirectTestOutputToFile}</redirectTestOutputToFile>
           </configuration>