diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1a4bc35dfee81acb3d96df468774f0a75fa7810..3a0026d6547f141a11030d6855173a08038bee0d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -325,7 +325,10 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7</version>
+				<version>2.16</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
+				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 
 			<!-- check coverage of tests -->
@@ -408,7 +411,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.7</version>
+				<version>2.16</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<argLine>-Xmx1024m</argLine>
 				</configuration>