<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <groupId>a</groupId>
    <artifactId>b</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                  <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                  <version>2.4</version>
                  <configuration>
                    <systemProperties>
                      <property>
                        <name>my.property</name>
                        <value>my.value</value>
                      </property>
                    </systemProperties>
                  </configuration>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
    </build>
</project>