diff --git a/kie-memory-compiler/pom.xml b/kie-memory-compiler/pom.xml
index 2cb34dc36f2..bfafcb26f76 100644
--- a/kie-memory-compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/kie-memory-compiler/pom.xml
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@
       <artifactId>drools-util</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+    </dependency>    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/kie-memory-compiler/src/test/java/org/kie/memorycompiler/KieMemoryCompilerTest.java b/kie-memory-compiler/src/test/java/org/kie/memorycompiler/KieMemoryCompilerTest.java
index 7c5e3093ebf..f22d02a106a 100644
--- a/kie-memory-compiler/src/test/java/org/kie/memorycompiler/KieMemoryCompilerTest.java
+++ b/kie-memory-compiler/src/test/java/org/kie/memorycompiler/KieMemoryCompilerTest.java
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 
 public class KieMemoryCompilerTest {
 
@@ -52,10 +53,11 @@ public void compileAndLoadClass() throws Exception {
         assertThat(result).isEqualTo(5);
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = KieMemoryCompilerException.class)
+    @Test
     public void invalidClass() {
         Map<String, String> source = singletonMap("org.kie.memorycompiler.InvalidJavaClass", "Invalid Java Code");
-        KieMemoryCompiler.compile(source, this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(KieMemoryCompilerException.class).isThrownBy(
+				() -> KieMemoryCompiler.compile(source, this.getClass().getClassLoader()));
     }
 
     private final static String WARNING_CLASS =
diff --git a/kie-memory-compiler/src/test/java/org/kie/memorycompiler/jdknative/NativeJavaCompilerTest.java b/kie-memory-compiler/src/test/java/org/kie/memorycompiler/jdknative/NativeJavaCompilerTest.java
index 268f962685a..8b9e7daba6a 100644
--- a/kie-memory-compiler/src/test/java/org/kie/memorycompiler/jdknative/NativeJavaCompilerTest.java
+++ b/kie-memory-compiler/src/test/java/org/kie/memorycompiler/jdknative/NativeJavaCompilerTest.java
@@ -18,29 +18,27 @@
  */
 package org.kie.memorycompiler.jdknative;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
+
 import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.kie.memorycompiler.KieMemoryCompilerException;
 
 public class NativeJavaCompilerTest {
 
-	@Test(expected = KieMemoryCompilerException.class)
+	@Test
 	public void simulateJre() {
-
 		NativeJavaCompiler compiler = new NativeJavaCompiler(new NullJavaCompilerFinder());
 
-		
-		compiler.compile(null, null, null, null, null);
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(KieMemoryCompilerException.class).isThrownBy(() -> compiler.compile(null, null, null, null, null));
 	}
 
-	@Test(expected = KieMemoryCompilerException.class)
+	@Test
 	public void simulateJreWithException() {
-
 		NativeJavaCompiler compiler = new NativeJavaCompiler(new ExceptionThrowingJavaCompilerFinder());
 
-		
-		compiler.compile(null, null, null, null, null);
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(KieMemoryCompilerException.class).isThrownBy(() -> compiler.compile(null, null, null, null, null));
 	}
 	
 	private static class NullJavaCompilerFinder implements JavaCompilerFinder {