diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 354ef1abe58291a3ddc87b8ac7831adc59f18cc3..d611a6ce610028d8408e26db11f3f0404108a6ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.13</version> <!-- ignoring ${maven-surefire-plugin.version} -->
+          <version>2.14</version> <!-- ignoring ${maven-surefire-plugin.version} -->
           <configuration>
             <systemPropertyVariables>
               <java.io.tmpdir>${project.build.directory}</java.io.tmpdir>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index d34072d149ca4c238c50359fbb77b5e52ca37f49..d009e15f033891b6a5f6e22d5b092e8a94ee50d0 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 The MIT License
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
   </description>
 
   <properties>
-    <concurrency>2</concurrency>
+    <concurrency>2</concurrency> <!-- may use e.g. 2C for 2 × (number of cores) -->
     <mavenDebug>false</mavenDebug>
   </properties>
 
@@ -182,9 +182,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
               <hudson.maven.debug>${mavenDebug}</hudson.maven.debug>
               <buildDirectory>${project.build.directory}</buildDirectory>
           </systemPropertyVariables>
-          <forkMode>perthread</forkMode> <!-- XXX https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-946 so use kill -9 to stop -->
-          <reuseForks>true</reuseForks> <!-- https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-751 -->
-          <threadCount>${concurrency}</threadCount> <!-- XXX https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SUREFIRE-947 -->
+          <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+          <forkCount>${concurrency}</forkCount>
           <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>