diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d3768a..6cee5c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         <jeromq.version>0.4.1</jeromq.version>
         <apache-commons.version>3.6</apache-commons.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <jackson.version>2.8.8</jackson.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.22</slf4j.version>
         <apache-maven-plugin.version>3.6.1</apache-maven-plugin.version>