diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b2f365f5..74307477 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
     <artifactId>maven-plugins</artifactId>
-    <version>35</version>
+    <version>36</version>
     <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
     <mavenVersion>3.2.5</mavenVersion>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.32</slf4jVersion>
     <aetherVersion>1.1.0</aetherVersion>
-    <surefire.version>2.22.2</surefire.version>
     <javaVersion>7</javaVersion>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2020-04-07T21:04:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
               <artifactId>maven-invoker-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>3.2.2</version>
               <configuration>
                 <cloneProjectsTo>${project.build.directory}/it</cloneProjectsTo>
                 <cloneClean>true</cloneClean>