diff --git a/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml b/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
index 3bc99758c..d6b254a04 100644
--- a/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-ant/pom.xml
@@ -309,18 +309,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2013 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version}</version>
-                <reportSets>
-                    <reportSet>
-                        <reports>
-                            <report>report-only</report>
-                        </reports>
-                    </reportSet>
-                </reportSets>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml b/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
index 9a9c55aba..28260e353 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/pom.xml
@@ -204,18 +204,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version}</version>
-                <reportSets>
-                    <reportSet>
-                        <reports>
-                            <report>report-only</report>
-                        </reports>
-                    </reportSet>
-                </reportSets>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
index bdb5ea5c2..e85915851 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/pom.xml
@@ -254,13 +254,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version}</version>
                 <reportSets>
-                    <reportSet>
-                        <reports>
-                            <report>report-only</report>
-                        </reports>
-                    </reportSet>
                     <reportSet>
                         <id>integration-tests</id>
                         <reports>
diff --git a/dependency-check-gradle/pom.xml b/dependency-check-gradle/pom.xml
index 26d09d5c5..726658554 100644
--- a/dependency-check-gradle/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-gradle/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ Copyright (c) 2015 Wei Ma. All Rights Reserved.
             <url>${basedir}/../target/site/${project.version}/dependency-check-gradle</url>
         </site>
     </distributionManagement>
+    <properties>
+        <!-- Skip the surefire report since there are no tests... -->
+        <skipSurefireReport>true</skipSurefireReport>
+    </properties>
     <!-- end copy -->
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/dependency-check-jenkins/pom.xml b/dependency-check-jenkins/pom.xml
index 5a1bce2e1..1c5158417 100644
--- a/dependency-check-jenkins/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-jenkins/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
     </distributionManagement>
     <!-- end copy -->
 
+    <properties>
+        <!-- Skip the surefire report since there are no tests... -->
+        <skipSurefireReport>true</skipSurefireReport>
+    </properties>
+
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <inceptionYear>2012</inceptionYear>
     <organization>
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml b/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
index f9a2123de..46e8e05e1 100644
--- a/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
@@ -161,18 +161,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version}</version>
-                <reportSets>
-                    <reportSet>
-                        <reports>
-                            <report>report-only</report>
-                        </reports>
-                    </reportSet>
-                </reportSets>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml b/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
index e21ce22fc..01738661b 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/pom.xml
@@ -131,18 +131,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2014 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version}</version>
-                <reportSets>
-                    <reportSet>
-                        <reports>
-                            <report>report-only</report>
-                        </reports>
-                    </reportSet>
-                </reportSets>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a24225a3..044aaaf8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
         <!-- todo(code review): only used in maven module? Not needed elsewhere -->
         <reporting.maven-plugin-plugin.version>3.4</reporting.maven-plugin-plugin.version>
         <reporting.pmd-plugin.version>3.5</reporting.pmd-plugin.version>
-        <reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version>2.18.1</reporting.surefire-report-plugin.version>
         <reporting.versions-plugin.version>2.2</reporting.versions-plugin.version>
     </properties>
     <distributionManagement>
@@ -393,6 +392,18 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long
                     </reportSet>
                 </reportSets>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.18.1</version>
+                <reportSets>
+                    <reportSet>
+                        <reports>
+                            <report>report-only</report>
+                        </reports>
+                    </reportSet>
+                </reportSets>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cobertura-maven-plugin</artifactId>