diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml b/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
index 1e8a27afa5..b3966c1b6a 100644
--- a/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
+            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
             <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
             <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
+            <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
             <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
             <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
         </dependency>
@@ -105,56 +105,44 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
-
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-failsafe-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <parallel>classes</parallel>
-                    <threadCount>4</threadCount>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>integration-test</goal>
-                            <goal>verify</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.github.temyers</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cucumber-jvm-parallel-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>5.0.0</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>generateRunners</id>
-                        <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>generateRunners</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <glue>
-                                <package>com.baeldung.rest.cucumber</package>
-                            </glue>
-                            <featuresDirectory>src/test/resources/Feature/</featuresDirectory>
-                            <parallelScheme>SCENARIO</parallelScheme>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>parallel</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${maven-failsafe-plugin.version}</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <includes>
+                                <include>CucumberIntegrationTest.java</include>
+                            </includes>
+                            <parallel>methods</parallel>
+                            <threadCount>2</threadCount>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                                    <goal>verify</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
     <properties>
         <!-- util -->
         <guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
 
         <!-- testing -->
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
-        <cucumber.version>1.2.5</cucumber.version>
+        <cucumber.version>6.8.0</cucumber.version>
         <wiremock.version>2.21.0</wiremock.version>
         <karate.version>0.6.1</karate.version>
 
diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/main/resources/karate/cucumber.feature b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/main/resources/karate/cucumber.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 99dd8249fe..0000000000
--- a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/main/resources/karate/cucumber.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Feature: Testing a REST API
-  Users should be able to submit GET and POST requests to a web service, represented by WireMock
-
-  Scenario: Data Upload to a web service
-    When users upload data on a project
-    Then the server should handle it and return a success status
-
-  Scenario: Data retrieval from a web service
-    When users want to get information on the Cucumber project
-    Then the requested data is returned
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/cucumber/CucumberIntegrationTest.java b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/cucumber/CucumberIntegrationTest.java
index f80178a43d..33e2c62301 100644
--- a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/cucumber/CucumberIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/cucumber/CucumberIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package com.baeldung.rest.cucumber;
 
+import io.cucumber.junit.Cucumber;
+import io.cucumber.junit.CucumberOptions;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
-import cucumber.api.junit.Cucumber;
 
 @RunWith(Cucumber.class)
 @CucumberOptions(features = "classpath:Feature")
diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/cucumber/StepDefinition.java b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/cucumber/StepDefinition.java
index 35a913ae25..f1fcb48f01 100644
--- a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/cucumber/StepDefinition.java
+++ b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/cucumber/StepDefinition.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Scanner;
 
+import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
+import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
@@ -29,8 +31,6 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.WireMockServer;
 
-import cucumber.api.java.en.Then;
-import cucumber.api.java.en.When;
 
 public class StepDefinition {
 
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ public class StepDefinition {
         wireMockServer.stop();
     }
 
-    @When("^users want to get information on the (.+) project$")
+//    @When("^users want to get information on the '(.+)' project$")
+    @When("users want to get information on the {string} project")
     public void usersGetInformationOnAProject(String projectName) throws IOException {
         wireMockServer.start();
 
@@ -86,11 +87,11 @@ public class StepDefinition {
         wireMockServer.stop();
     }
 
-    @Then("^the server should handle it and return a success status$")
+    @Then("the server should handle it and return a success status")
     public void theServerShouldReturnASuccessStatus() {
     }
 
-    @Then("^the requested data is returned$")
+    @Then("the requested data is returned")
     public void theRequestedDataIsReturned() {
     }
 
diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/resources/Feature/cucumber.feature b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/resources/Feature/cucumber.feature
index 99dd8249fe..f8bbd809de 100644
--- a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/resources/Feature/cucumber.feature
+++ b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/resources/Feature/cucumber.feature
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ Feature: Testing a REST API
     Then the server should handle it and return a success status
 
   Scenario: Data retrieval from a web service
-    When users want to get information on the Cucumber project
+    When users want to get information on the 'Cucumber' project
     Then the requested data is returned
\ No newline at end of file