diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 08094fc1ed..9e6ca8bc17 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
     <test.ssh.keyfile />
     <sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>source-release-zip-tar</sourceReleaseAssemblyDescriptor>
     <okhttp.version>1.3.0</okhttp.version>
+    <surefire.version>2.17</surefire.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12.4</version>
+        <version>${surefire.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>integration</id>
@@ -798,7 +799,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.12.4</version>
+          <version>${surefire.version}</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>