diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 25eb570fa..9d5ca76d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>${surefire.plugin.version}</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<!-- Sets the VM argument line used when unit tests are run. -->
 							<argLine>${surefireArgLine}</argLine>