diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f680c1cdc11..3859d6b0d24e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@
     <maven.project.info.report.version>2.9</maven.project.info.report.version>
     <os.maven.version>1.5.0.Final</os.maven.version>
     <spotbugs.version>3.1.11</spotbugs.version>
-    <surefire.version>2.22.2</surefire.version>
+    <surefire.version>3.0.0-M3</surefire.version>
     <wagon.ssh.version>2.12</wagon.ssh.version>
     <xml.maven.version>1.0.1</xml.maven.version>
     <hbase-thirdparty.version>3.1.1</hbase-thirdparty.version>