Hi,
We solved 31 issues: https://jira.codehaus.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10541&version=20175 There are still lots of issues left in JIRA: http://jira.codehaus.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&mode=hide&jqlQuery=project+%3D+SUREFIRE+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+ORDER+BY+updated+DESC Staging repo: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/maven-1089 https://repository.apache.org/service/local/repositories/maven-1089/content/org/apache/maven/surefire/surefire/2.18/surefire-2.18-source-release.zip Source release checksum(s): surefire-2.18-source-release.zip sha1: 66dee340cc9d0dbcd1a0e02edb1d4f9292b9e050 Source: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/maven-surefire.git tag surefire-2.18_vote-1 Staging site: http://maven.apache.org/surefire-archives/surefire-2.18/maven-surefire-plugin/index.html http://maven.apache.org/surefire-archives/surefire-2.18/maven-failsafe-plugin/index.html http://maven.apache.org/surefire-archives/surefire-2.18/maven-surefire-report-plugin/index.html Guide to testing staged releases: http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-testing-releases.html Vote open for 72 hours. [ ] +1 [ ] +0 [ ] -1 Thanks!