diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
index 9189122deebe..2e0c96ac1d64 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/pom.xml
@@ -202,11 +202,6 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <artifactId>hdds-test-utils</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-test/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-test/pom.xml
index d194670acc36..86ba8d5a715c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/hadoop-dependency-test/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <!-- required for Surefire versions before 3.0.0-M5 -->
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
index 604608a07fb8..2fa1826e2704 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/fault-injection-test/mini-chaos-tests/pom.xml
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
index 913cd639bf7c..7de7b2f936ec 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -119,11 +119,6 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3ee5e5942b8..ab2fe4ae762f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xs
     <maven-surefire-plugin.argLine>-Xmx4096m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError</maven-surefire-plugin.argLine>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.argLineAccessArgs></maven-surefire-plugin.argLineAccessArgs>
     <unstable-test-groups>flaky | slow | unhealthy</unstable-test-groups>
-    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M4</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>
     <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>