diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index ee8cd2402..8f7b5511b 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
             <plugin>
               <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
               <artifactId>scalatest-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-              <version>1.0</version>
+              <version>2.2.0</version>
               <executions>
                 <execution>
                   <id>test</id>