diff --git a/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPropertiesTest.java b/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPropertiesTest.java
index 415ff8045..a82bec53a 100644
--- a/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPropertiesTest.java
+++ b/maven-release-manager/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/release/transform/jdom/JDomPropertiesTest.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public void testStoreToXML()
     public void testStoreToXMLEncoded()
         throws Exception
     {
-        new JDomProperties( null ).storeToXML( null, null, null );
+        new JDomProperties( null ).storeToXML( (OutputStream) null, null, (String) null );
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 815149c35..4c6255c36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.20.1</version>
+          <version>2.22.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>