diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 10ce411398..be443569ef 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<dependency.locations.enabled>false</dependency.locations.enabled>
 		<maven.plugin.plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.plugin.plugin.version>
 
-		<maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
+		<maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.0.0-M3</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
 		<asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</asciidoctor-maven-plugin.version>
 		<maven-filtering.version>3.1.1</maven-filtering.version>
 		<maven-scm-publish-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-scm-publish-plugin.version>