diff --git a/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml b/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
index a119fdde6..2ab212b81 100644
--- a/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/approvaltests-tests/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/approvaltests-util-tests/pom.xml b/approvaltests-util-tests/pom.xml
index 598d27b73..3cef2db87 100644
--- a/approvaltests-util-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/approvaltests-util-tests/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04165789e..1c208ebe7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             <!-- formatter_plugin_end -->
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.4.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <argLine>-Duser.language=en -Duser.region=US</argLine>
                 </configuration>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.1</version>
+                        <version>3.4.0</version>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>