diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2acdefed..86f84f01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>
         <jdk.source.version>1.8</jdk.source.version>