diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 469095c64..48fd2e560 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <projectVersion>${project.version}</projectVersion>
     <antlr4.version>4.5</antlr4.version>
+    <maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.18.1</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
     <maven.site.plugin.version>3.4</maven.site.plugin.version>
     <tools.jar.version>1.7.0</tools.jar.version>
     <tools.jar.path>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</tools.jar.path>
@@ -502,7 +503,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.18.1</version>
+        <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
           <argLine>-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US -XX:-UseSplitVerifier</argLine>
           <additionalClasspathElements>
@@ -1083,7 +1084,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>2.9</version>
+            <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
             <configuration>
               <argLine>${argLine} -Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US -XX:-UseSplitVerifier</argLine>
             </configuration>