diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
index f62a54136..466c80a1b 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-tests/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <junit.version>5.7.0</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>5.8.1</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>