diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78c9a7e4430..3a4443b61ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <antlr4.version>4.13.2</antlr4.version>
     <agrona.version>2.4.0</agrona.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-    <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>6.1.2</junit.version>
     <byteman.version>4.0.26</byteman.version>
     <jmock.version>2.6.0</jmock.version>
     <mockito.version>5.23.0</mockito.version>