diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 166668a..0bec280 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <maven.resources.plugin.version>3.3.1</maven.resources.plugin.version>
     <maven.site.plugin.version>3.21.0</maven.site.plugin.version>
     <maven.source.plugin.version>3.4.0</maven.source.plugin.version>
-    <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.5.3</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
+    <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.5.6</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
     <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.18.0</versions-maven-plugin.version>
     <!-- Maven build plugins for quality checks -->
     <error.prone.core.version>2.38.0</error.prone.core.version>