diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 5ba3564c2..5616e8bfb 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.12</version>
         <configuration>
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <appserver.base>${project.build.directory}/appserver-base</appserver.base>