diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d3e46304bc..195b8863aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Additionally it includes CPD, the copy-paste-detector. CPD finds duplicated code
         <maven.compiler.target>1.${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <javacc.version>5.0</javacc.version>
-        <surefire.version>2.20.1</surefire.version>
+        <surefire.version>2.21.0</surefire.version>
         <checkstyle.version>3.0.0</checkstyle.version>
         <pmd.plugin.version>3.9.0</pmd.plugin.version>
         <ant.version>1.10.1</ant.version>