diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2a53f38b7..855cf54f0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1398,8 +1398,7 @@
         <logback.version>1.2.6</logback.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->
-        <!-- can't upgrade the plugin yet; as there is an issue with 2.22 no longer running all the tests-->
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.21.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>