diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-smoke-test-latest-versions.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-smoke-test-latest-versions.yaml
index 197a6bc5285..f1ba7de7415 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-smoke-test-latest-versions.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-smoke-test-latest-versions.yaml
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ jobs:
             "maven-surefire.latest=${SUREFIRE_VERSION}" \
             > dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties
 
+          printf '%s\n' \
+            "# Pinned latest eligible stable version (>=${MIN_DEPENDENCY_AGE_HOURS}h old) for the Maven instrumentation latestDepTest." \
+            "# Updated automatically by the update-smoke-test-latest-versions workflow." \
+            "maven-surefire.latest=${SUREFIRE_VERSION}" \
+            > dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties
+
       - name: Check for changes
         id: check-changes
         run: |
@@ -135,7 +141,8 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.check-changes.outputs.has_changes == 'true'
         run: |
           git add dd-smoke-tests/gradle/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties \
-                  dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties
+                  dd-smoke-tests/maven/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties \
+                  dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties
           git commit -m "chore: Update smoke test latest tool versions"
 
       - name: Push changes
@@ -161,7 +168,8 @@ jobs:
             --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
           # What Does This Do
 
-          This PR updates the pinned latest eligible stable tool versions used by CI Visibility smoke tests.
+          This PR updates the pinned latest eligible stable tool versions used by CI Visibility smoke tests
+          and by the Maven instrumentation latestDepTest.
           Only releases at least ${{ env.MIN_DEPENDENCY_AGE_HOURS }} hours old are eligible.
 
           - Gradle: ${{ steps.update.outputs.gradle_line }}
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/maven3/MavenUtilsTest.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/maven3/MavenUtilsTest.java
index f80ff4ab7e1..6d7fad46e8a 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/maven3/MavenUtilsTest.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/maven3/MavenUtilsTest.java
@@ -15,18 +15,15 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
-import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
-import okhttp3.Request;
-import okhttp3.Response;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.ComparableVersion;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.ExecutionEvent;
 import org.apache.maven.execution.MavenSession;
@@ -38,8 +35,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
 public class MavenUtilsTest extends AbstractMavenTest {
 
@@ -481,38 +476,27 @@ private boolean assertGetContainer(ExecutionEvent executionEvent) {
   }
 
   private static String getLatestMavenSurefireVersion() {
-    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
-    Request request =
-        new Request.Builder()
-            .url(
-                "https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-surefire-plugin/maven-metadata.xml")
-            .build();
-    try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
-      if (response.isSuccessful()) {
-        DocumentBuilderFactory dbFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
-        DocumentBuilder dBuilder = dbFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
-        Document doc = dBuilder.parse(response.body().byteStream());
-        doc.getDocumentElement().normalize();
-
-        NodeList versionList = doc.getElementsByTagName("latest");
-        if (versionList.getLength() > 0) {
-          String version = versionList.item(0).getTextContent();
-          if (!version.contains("alpha") && !version.contains("beta")) {
-            LOGGER.info("Will run the 'latest' tests with version {}", version);
-            return version;
-          }
-        }
-      } else {
-        LOGGER.warn(
-            "Could not get latest Maven Surefire version, response from repo.maven.apache.org is {}:{}",
-            response.code(),
-            response.body().string());
+    // The pinned value is bumped on a schedule by the update-smoke-test-latest-versions workflow.
+    // See latest-tool-versions.properties.
+    String version = loadLatestToolVersions().getProperty("maven-surefire.latest");
+    LOGGER.info("Will run the 'latest' tests with Maven Surefire version {}", version);
+    return version;
+  }
+
+  private static Properties loadLatestToolVersions() {
+    Properties properties = new Properties();
+    try (InputStream stream =
+        MavenUtilsTest.class
+            .getClassLoader()
+            .getResourceAsStream("latest-tool-versions.properties")) {
+      if (stream == null) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(
+            "Could not find latest-tool-versions.properties on classpath");
       }
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      LOGGER.warn("Could not get latest Maven Surefire version", e);
+      properties.load(stream);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
-    String hardcodedLatestVersion = "3.5.0"; // latest version that is known to work
-    LOGGER.info("Will run the 'latest' tests with hard-coded version {}", hardcodedLatestVersion);
-    return hardcodedLatestVersion;
+    return properties;
   }
 }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c860212dbea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/maven/maven-3.2.1/src/test/resources/latest-tool-versions.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Pinned latest eligible stable version (>=48h old) for the Maven instrumentation latestDepTest.
+# Updated automatically by the update-smoke-test-latest-versions workflow.
+maven-surefire.latest=3.5.5