diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc0435b0..b1a25fff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
         <jetty-version>9.4.5.v20170502</jetty-version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.8.2</log4j2.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <jackson.jaxrs.json.version>2.4.0</jackson.jaxrs.json.version>
         <apache.commons.io.version>2.5</apache.commons.io.version>
         <http.client.version>4.1.3</http.client.version>