diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca7e58f5..ded1afba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <target.jdk>1.5</target.jdk>
         <commons-logging.version>1.1.1</commons-logging.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.14</log4j.version>
-        <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
         <!-- Version 2.2 is required for Java 1.5 compatibility -->
         <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>