diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57e01d169..4b8ea179f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     </properties>
     <issueManagement>
         <system>Github</system>