diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1d440a..7145bd5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.7</version> <!-- we don't want to force specific junit jar version -->
+      <version>4.13.1</version> <!-- we don't want to force specific junit jar version -->
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>