diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2df888f94c..24a773d605 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.20.1</version>
+                <!-- BUILDTOOLS-362 / SUREFIRE-1444 - newer version fails in Docker -->
+                <version>2.20</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <workingDirectory>${basedir}/target/test-server</workingDirectory>
                     <excludes>