diff --git a/testsuite/pom.xml b/testsuite/pom.xml
index 106ec92836b..fe137580cab 100644
--- a/testsuite/pom.xml
+++ b/testsuite/pom.xml
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@
              See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-2496 -->
         <version.org.apache.xalan>2.7.3</version.org.apache.xalan>
 
+	<!-- This overrides default version specified in parent pom - reason is to enable TCP/IP communication,
+	     see https://maven.apache.org/surefire/maven-surefire-plugin/examples/process-communication.html -->
+        <version.surefire.plugin>3.1.2</version.surefire.plugin>
+
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -323,6 +327,7 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                     <configuration>
                         <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
+			<forkNode implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.SurefireForkNodeFactory"/>
                         <redirectTestOutputToFile>${testLogToFile}</redirectTestOutputToFile>
                         <argLine>-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager</argLine>
                         <systemPropertyVariables>