diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/pom.xml b/hapi-fhir-base/pom.xml
index 8f8cafe83f8..a947d8fecef 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/pom.xml
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
org.apache.maven.plugins
maven-surefire-plugin
- ${argLine} -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx712m
+ @{argLine} -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx712m