diff --git a/sample-tests/pom.xml b/sample-tests/pom.xml
index 077344a1c..a740cfb9f 100644
--- a/sample-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-tests/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.10.1</maven.compiler.version>
-        <surefire-version>3.0.0-M8</surefire-version>
+        <surefire-version>3.0.0-M9</surefire-version>
         <java.release.version>11</java.release.version>
         <maven.source.encoding>UTF-8</maven.source.encoding>
         <suite-xml>test-suites/testng.xml</suite-xml>