diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4801ca377c..4d57c817e0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
     <version.plugin.bundle>6.0.2</version.plugin.bundle>
     <version.plugin.javadoc>3.12.0</version.plugin.javadoc>
     <asciidoclet.version>1.5.0</asciidoclet.version>
-    <surefire.version>3.5.3</surefire.version>
+    <surefire.version>3.5.5</surefire.version>
 
     <!-- OSGi bundles properties -->
     <openejb.bundle.activator />
diff --git a/tck/microprofile-tck/config/pom.xml b/tck/microprofile-tck/config/pom.xml
index 8ad753648cd..edc1a00b249 100644
--- a/tck/microprofile-tck/config/pom.xml
+++ b/tck/microprofile-tck/config/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.3</version>
+        <version>3.5.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <!--
           <dependenciesToScan>
diff --git a/tck/microprofile-tck/fault-tolerance/pom.xml b/tck/microprofile-tck/fault-tolerance/pom.xml
index 79abc819c89..5d7089029b2 100644
--- a/tck/microprofile-tck/fault-tolerance/pom.xml
+++ b/tck/microprofile-tck/fault-tolerance/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.3</version>
+        <version>3.5.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
           <forkCount>1</forkCount>
diff --git a/tck/microprofile-tck/health/pom.xml b/tck/microprofile-tck/health/pom.xml
index e7ab0fb8f7a..bd6b0106661 100644
--- a/tck/microprofile-tck/health/pom.xml
+++ b/tck/microprofile-tck/health/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.3</version>
+        <version>3.5.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <dependenciesToScan>
             <dependency>org.eclipse.microprofile.health:microprofile-health-tck</dependency>
diff --git a/tck/microprofile-tck/jwt/pom.xml b/tck/microprofile-tck/jwt/pom.xml
index 16924ad18a7..4c1ea129d13 100644
--- a/tck/microprofile-tck/jwt/pom.xml
+++ b/tck/microprofile-tck/jwt/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.3</version>
+        <version>3.5.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <suiteXmlFiles>
             <suiteXmlFile>${project.build.directory}/dependency/suites/tck-base-suite.xml</suiteXmlFile>
diff --git a/tck/microprofile-tck/openapi/pom.xml b/tck/microprofile-tck/openapi/pom.xml
index 6aac320e659..afaeb7a0310 100644
--- a/tck/microprofile-tck/openapi/pom.xml
+++ b/tck/microprofile-tck/openapi/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <!-- Updated version to fix hanging text -->
-        <version>3.5.3</version>
+        <version>3.5.5</version>
         <configuration>
           <dependenciesToScan>
             <dependency>org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi:microprofile-openapi-tck</dependency>