diff --git a/p3c-pmd/pom.xml b/p3c-pmd/pom.xml
index 85f122b4..5d2a2a76 100644
--- a/p3c-pmd/pom.xml
+++ b/p3c-pmd/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <maven-site-plugin.version>3.12.1</maven-site-plugin.version>
         <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.4.5</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
         <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version>1.23</animal-sniffer-maven-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.11</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <log4j.version>2.21.0</log4j.version>