diff --git a/guest/junit5-example/pom.xml b/guest/junit5-example/pom.xml
index 3bfa72f21f..cc52b0e3d7 100644
--- a/guest/junit5-example/pom.xml
+++ b/guest/junit5-example/pom.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <properties>
                         <excludeTags>math</excludeTags>
diff --git a/spring-ejb/ejb-beans/pom.xml b/spring-ejb/ejb-beans/pom.xml
index 8a41da5448..6f20d949b0 100644
--- a/spring-ejb/ejb-beans/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ejb/ejb-beans/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <!-- Fork every test because it will launch a separate AS instance -->
                             <forkMode>always</forkMode>
diff --git a/spring-jenkins-pipeline/pom.xml b/spring-jenkins-pipeline/pom.xml
index 6f00dd5820..4e84bb8c70 100644
--- a/spring-jenkins-pipeline/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jenkins-pipeline/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
                             <excludes>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-ldap/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-ldap/pom.xml
index 44f754673f..086be2df5a 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <phase>integration-test</phase>