diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60b4e995..70bd8ae2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
+          <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
           <configuration>
             <forkedProcessTimeoutInSeconds>1200</forkedProcessTimeoutInSeconds>
             <reportNameSuffix>sponge_log</reportNameSuffix>