diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 729197a34d..5ea161fc2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 					<!-- junit5 support -->
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+					<version>3.0.0-M8</version>
 				</plugin>
 
 				<plugin>