diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/ExecuteAndWaitInterceptorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/ExecuteAndWaitInterceptorTest.java
index 8bebf05b4..0c2854c71 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/ExecuteAndWaitInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/interceptor/ExecuteAndWaitInterceptorTest.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ExecuteAndWaitInterceptorTest extends StrutsInternalTestCase {
         String result2 = proxy2.execute();
         assertEquals("wait", result2);
 
-        Thread.sleep(300);
+        Thread.sleep(500);
 
         ActionProxy proxy3 = buildProxy("action1");
         String result3 = proxy3.execute();
diff --git a/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml b/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
index 23d512cc8..bc5ea7c37 100644
--- a/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/embeddedjsp/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.2</version>
+                <version>2.19.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <additionalClasspathElements>
                         <element>target/test-classes/jsps.jar</element>
diff --git a/plugins/testng/pom.xml b/plugins/testng/pom.xml
index eb7e7c306..6826c775e 100644
--- a/plugins/testng/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/testng/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1</version>
-            <classifier>jdk15</classifier>
+            <version>6.9.10</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dbaaa662a..f20487164 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.3.1</version>
+                    <version>2.19.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <argLine>-Duser.language=en -Duser.region=US</argLine>
                         <includes>