diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2e3ec8e3..bc02b920d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.6</version>
+                    <version>2.5</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <argLine>${surefire.jvm.args}</argLine>
                         <useFile>false</useFile>