diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69d4eeb9..24b078a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ under the License.
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2026-09-17T20:17:22Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
     <!-- common version for surefire, failsafe, and surefire-report plugins below -->
-    <surefire.version>3.6.0</surefire.version>
+    <!-- to remove  -->
+    <surefire.version>${version.maven-surefire-plugin}</surefire.version>
     <!-- common version for the resource bundle descriptor dependency and resource bundle -->
     <version.apache-resource-bundles>1.8</version.apache-resource-bundles>
     <!-- common version for maven-plugin and maven-plugin-report plugins below -->
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ under the License.
     <version.maven-deploy-plugin>3.2.0</version.maven-deploy-plugin>
     <version.maven-ear-plugin>3.4.0</version.maven-ear-plugin>
     <version.maven-enforcer-plugin>3.6.3</version.maven-enforcer-plugin>
-    <version.maven-failsafe-plugin>${surefire.version}</version.maven-failsafe-plugin>
+    <version.maven-failsafe-plugin>3.6.0</version.maven-failsafe-plugin>
     <version.maven-fluido-skin>2.1.0</version.maven-fluido-skin>
     <version.maven-gpg-plugin>3.2.8</version.maven-gpg-plugin>
     <version.maven-help-plugin>3.5.2</version.maven-help-plugin>
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ under the License.
     <version.maven-shade-plugin>3.6.2</version.maven-shade-plugin>
     <version.maven-site-plugin>3.22.0</version.maven-site-plugin>
     <version.maven-source-plugin>3.4.0</version.maven-source-plugin>
-    <version.maven-surefire-plugin>${surefire.version}</version.maven-surefire-plugin>
+    <version.maven-surefire-plugin>3.6.0</version.maven-surefire-plugin>
     <version.maven-surefire-report-plugin>3.6.1</version.maven-surefire-report-plugin>
     <version.maven-war-plugin>3.5.1</version.maven-war-plugin>
   </properties>