diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 579f0450c..b577a2f84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         run: mvn dependency:resolve
 
       - name: Maven install
-        run: mvn install -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -B -V -e > maven-install-output.txt
+        run: mvn install -DargLine="-Duser.language=EN -Duser.region=AU" -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -B -V -e > maven-install-output.txt
 
       - name: Print logs
         if: ${{ always() }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f02f985a7..c1a75b2a6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven-install-plugin.version>2.5.2</maven-install-plugin.version>
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-resources-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <!-- Other properties -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <tz.database.version>2019a</tz.database.version>
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
                     <includes>
                         <include>**/Test*.java</include>
                     </includes>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx2G</argLine>
+                    <argLine>-Xmx2G -Duser.language=EN -Duser.region=AU</argLine>
                     <parallel>classes</parallel>
                     <threadCount>1</threadCount>
                     <!-- remove slow SuiteHTMLReporter -->