diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1a130a61..a5bf66f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.5</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Force the right file encoding during unit testing -->
                     <argLine>-Dfile.encoding=${project.build.sourceEncoding} @{argLine}</argLine>