diff --git a/syft/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/example-java-app/pom.xml b/syft/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/example-java-app/pom.xml
index 4ab76d1d914..0a8fc915f63 100644
--- a/syft/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/example-java-app/pom.xml
+++ b/syft/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/example-java-app/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.12</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- end::junit[] -->