diff --git a/modules/simple-java-mail/pom.xml b/modules/simple-java-mail/pom.xml
index ed4c9fd00..d247f8c47 100644
--- a/modules/simple-java-mail/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/simple-java-mail/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.3</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
                     <forkCount>8</forkCount><!-- for quad cores with multi-threading -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e151227ce..2010afa8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.5</version>
+                    <version>3.5.6</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
                         <plugin>
                             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <version>3.5.3</version>
+                            <version>3.5.6</version>
                             <configuration>
                                 <excludes>
                                     <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>