diff --git a/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml b/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
index 195b604383..67530ef996 100644
--- a/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <blueprint.sample.version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.sample.version>
         <commons-jexl.version>2.1.1</commons-jexl.version>
         <depends-maven-plugin.version>1.5.0</depends-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <objenesis.version>3.6</objenesis.version>
         <org.apache.aries.proxy.version>1.1.15-SNAPSHOT</org.apache.aries.proxy.version>
         <org.apache.aries.quiesce.api.version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</org.apache.aries.quiesce.api.version>
diff --git a/spi-fly/pom.xml b/spi-fly/pom.xml
index c8e11ec88d..982dac7631 100644
--- a/spi-fly/pom.xml
+++ b/spi-fly/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <aries.javadoc.exclude.packages />
         <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
         <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <mockito.core.version>4.11.0</mockito.core.version>
         <org.apache.aries.versioning.plugin.version>0.3.1</org.apache.aries.versioning.plugin.version>
         <osgi.core.version>8.0.0</osgi.core.version>
diff --git a/subsystem/subsystem-itests/pom.xml b/subsystem/subsystem-itests/pom.xml
index 8216e2f7ec..cd03dc917d 100644
--- a/subsystem/subsystem-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/subsystem/subsystem-itests/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <easymock.version>5.7.0</easymock.version>
         <maven-antrun-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-antrun-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <objenesis.version>3.6</objenesis.version>
         <org.apache.aries.subsystem.modeller.version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</org.apache.aries.subsystem.modeller.version>
         <org.apache.aries.blueprint.version>1.10.4-SNAPSHOT</org.apache.aries.blueprint.version>