diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 395082da7..eead87100 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	</modules>
 
 	<properties>
-		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
 		<log4j.version>1.2.14</log4j.version>
 		<easymock.version>3.1</easymock.version>