diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a020b7a5184..69053bd13b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,12 +60,6 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.stefanbirkner</groupId>
-      <artifactId>system-rules</artifactId>
-      <version>1.19.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.martiansoftware</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsap</artifactId>
diff --git a/spoon-pom/pom.xml b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
index ab5346d918c..36689d7c71b 100644
--- a/spoon-pom/pom.xml
+++ b/spoon-pom/pom.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
  		<version>5.6.2</version>
  		<scope>test</scope>
 	</dependency>
+  
+  <dependency>
+    <!-- must come after junit5 deps, otherwise it overrides the junit version -->
+    <!-- must be here in the parent POM, because the parent always comes last, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28999057/order-of-inherited-dependencies-in-maven-3 -->
+    <groupId>com.github.stefanbirkner</groupId>
+    <artifactId>system-rules</artifactId>
+    <version>1.19.0</version>
+    <scope>test</scope>
+  </dependency>
+  
     </dependencies>
         
     <organization>
@@ -115,7 +125,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.21.0</version>
+                <version>2.22.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- "If you want to use a basic plain old Java classpath, [...] set useManifestOnlyJar=false and useSystemClassLoader=true".
                     https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/class-loading.html -->