diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ce31c106b..3f621d3d86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.2</version>
+        <version>3.2.1</version>
         <!-- by default surefire excludes tests on nested classes https://github.com/junit-team/junit5/issues/1377 -->
         <configuration>
           <excludes>