diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
index 60f4b012b..c872ee905 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
           <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.1.0</version>
+              <version>3.1.2</version>
               <configuration>
                   <systemPropertyVariables>
                       <sqlite4java.library.path>${project.build.directory}/native-libs</sqlite4java.library.path>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
index adcdbf79a..ac7d2176c 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
               <!-- JUnit 5 requires Surefire version 3.1.0 or higher -->
-              <version>3.1.0</version>
+              <version>3.1.2</version>
           </plugin>
         <plugin>
              <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
index 92d17ac06..b3c7d70f7 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!-- JUnit 5 requires Surefire version 3.1.0 or higher -->
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
index 2f42ec370..f63a54b57 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-validation/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
               <!-- JUnit 5 requires Surefire version 3.1.0 or higher -->
-              <version>3.1.0</version>
+              <version>3.1.2</version>
           </plugin>
         <plugin>
              <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 264227233..bc04fb5f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <lambda.serial.version>1.1.2</lambda.serial.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <aspectj-maven-plugin.version>1.13.1</aspectj-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
diff --git a/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml b/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
index 7c5b81e5d..239595c22 100644
--- a/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.1.0</version>
+                        <version>3.1.2</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>
                                 --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED