diff --git a/VotingPlugin/pom.xml b/VotingPlugin/pom.xml
index d2da72925..3452871b2 100644
--- a/VotingPlugin/pom.xml
+++ b/VotingPlugin/pom.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.6.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>default-test</id>