diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index caa8603b00..1f9c442a4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -201,8 +201,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<!-- newer versions seem to not show stacktraces in Netbeans -->
-				<version>2.18</version>
+				<version>2.22.2</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
 					<argLine>-Xmx512m</argLine>