diff --git a/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml b/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
index 770af2b1b..14681f98f 100644
--- a/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.2</version>
+				<version>3.2.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
 					<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
diff --git a/bboxdb-examples/pom.xml b/bboxdb-examples/pom.xml
index 3c91b598e..ec28cfbce 100644
--- a/bboxdb-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-examples/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.2</version>
+				<version>3.2.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
 					<trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
diff --git a/bboxdb-experiments/pom.xml b/bboxdb-experiments/pom.xml
index 24adaea6d..6614a0131 100644
--- a/bboxdb-experiments/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-experiments/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.2</version>
+				<version>3.2.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
 					<trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
diff --git a/bboxdb-network-proxy/pom.xml b/bboxdb-network-proxy/pom.xml
index cf240c9c0..ffe6a73d1 100644
--- a/bboxdb-network-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-network-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.2</version>
+				<version>3.2.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
 					<trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>			
diff --git a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
index 3183a6083..9f396a4db 100644
--- a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.2</version>
+				<version>3.2.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
 					<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
diff --git a/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml b/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
index c85e9a2fb..8a9677248 100644
--- a/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-tools/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.1.2</version>
+				<version>3.2.3</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
 					<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f84f5cbbf..193c0019d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.1.2</version>
+						<version>3.2.3</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
 							<skipTests>true</skipTests>