diff --git a/code/gms-backend/pom.xml b/code/gms-backend/pom.xml
index e45b8e1a..69b0f25c 100644
--- a/code/gms-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/code/gms-backend/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <backend.buildname>gms-app</backend.buildname>
         <spring-boot.version>3.2.0</spring-boot.version>
         <guava.version>32.0.0-jre</guava.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <flyway.version>9.22.3</flyway.version>
         <jjwt.version>0.11.1</jjwt.version>
         <!-- Testing & code quality -->
@@ -373,11 +373,29 @@
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                         <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
+                            <argLine>@{argLine} -Xshare:off</argLine>
+                            <parallel>all</parallel>
                             <printSummary>true</printSummary>
                             <forkCount>1</forkCount>
                             <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.2.1</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <argLine>@{argLine} -Xshare:off</argLine>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>integration-test</goal>
+                                    <goal>verify</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>