diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index a66c267..a14dd7d 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
     <gson-fire-version>1.8.3</gson-fire-version>
     <threetenbp-version>1.3.5</threetenbp-version>
     <maven-plugin-version>1.0.0</maven-plugin-version>
-    <junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
+    <junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   </properties>
   <distributionManagement>