diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f97f84d2..c10893bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <core.version>1.5.2</core.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>