diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
index 7fe562072..4784dc5e0 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT>handler</LAMBDA_TASK_ROOT>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
index c841c0f38..64637be0e 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <sqlite4java.library.path>${project.build.directory}/native-libs</sqlite4java.library.path>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
index 2aa813ff4..e5147acc4 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!-- JUnit 5 requires Surefire version 3.1.0 or higher -->
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ad359a3a..f9105b9d6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.7</aspectj.version>
         <aspectj-maven-plugin.version>1.13.1</aspectj-maven-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.11</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.13</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
         <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.1.2</version>
+                        <version>3.2.5</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>
                                 @{argLine}
diff --git a/powertools-logging/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
index 78c36f41a..656b9ee81 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_FORMAT>JSON</AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_FORMAT>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
index 788ac9438..49f0cd80c 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_REGION>eu-central-1</AWS_REGION>