diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2a3777e075..13bd49070c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@
     <common.test.jar>hbase-common-${project.version}-tests.jar</common.test.jar>
     <it.test.jar>hbase-it-${project.version}-tests.jar</it.test.jar>
     <annotations.test.jar>hbase-annotations-${project.version}-tests.jar</annotations.test.jar>
-    <surefire.version>2.18-SNAPSHOT</surefire.version>
+    <surefire.version>2.18</surefire.version>
     <surefire.provider>surefire-junit47</surefire.provider>
     <!-- default: run small & medium, medium with 2 threads -->
     <surefire.skipFirstPart>false</surefire.skipFirstPart>