diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b1e0e3f69ee..93795934be87 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@
     <glassfish.jsp.version>2.3.2</glassfish.jsp.version>
     <glassfish.el.version>3.0.1-b08</glassfish.el.version>
     <jruby.version>9.1.17.0</jruby.version>
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     <htrace.version>4.2.0-incubating</htrace.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>