diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c254faa6e..543ccf1f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <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>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/tests/test-junit4/pom.xml b/tests/test-junit4/pom.xml
index 3a6d891fc..245f2c418 100644
--- a/tests/test-junit4/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-junit4/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M7</version>
+                <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>