diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6371e3..e354e31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
     <gson.version>2.2.4</gson.version>
     <guava.version>13.0.1</guava.version>
-    <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <cdap.common.version>0.12.0</cdap.common.version>
     <netty.http.version>1.2.0</netty.http.version>
     <commons.codec.version>1.6</commons.codec.version>