diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 321951e..52e9b61 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
         <!-- Plugin Versions -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.16.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.4.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
diff --git a/zthread-benchmark/pom.xml b/zthread-benchmark/pom.xml
index fab03e2..d8fe24b 100644
--- a/zthread-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/zthread-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.6</version>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Skip by default; CI explicitly sets -DskipTests=false -->
                     <skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>