diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09533637..fea1ac25 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.build.number>LOCAL</project.build.number>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <powermock.version>1.6.6</powermock.version>
         <easymock.version>3.4</easymock.version>
         <annotations.version>12.0</annotations.version>