diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a9726f7771..1cba1096550 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@
 		<fhir_core_version>6.4.0</fhir_core_version>
 		<spotless_version>2.41.1</spotless_version>
 		<surefire_jvm_args>-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx2048m</surefire_jvm_args>
+		<surefire_version>3.5.2</surefire_version>
 
 
 		<!-- configure timestamp in MANIFEST.MF for maven-war-provider -->
@@ -2484,7 +2485,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.1.2</version>
+					<version>3.8.1</version>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
@@ -2514,7 +2515,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.1.0</version>
+					<version>${surefire_version}</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
 						<redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
@@ -2546,7 +2547,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.1.2</version>
+					<version>${surefire_version}</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
 						<argLine>@{argLine} ${surefire_jvm_args}</argLine>
@@ -3080,7 +3081,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.19.1</version>
+				<version>${surefire_version}</version>
 				<reportSets>
 					<reportSet>
 						<reports>