diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eac7c9695..8b3b93da6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,8 +85,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.19.1</version>
+                <version>2.22.0</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+                    <argLine>-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m</argLine>
+                    <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
                     <includes>
                         <include>**/Unit*.java</include>
                     </includes>