diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 13361abf7ae..385f14ab5da 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
+          <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>