diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f70ea746c6185e0ddb61363dd5a9be4c62c559bc..f7159fb868ed2a6b9fbc2997be2c2b6d297be921 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>2.18.1</version>
                     <configuration>
-                        <argLine>-enableassertions</argLine>
+                        <enableAssertions>true</enableAssertions>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>