diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 73280f07..03b8477c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <easymock.version>4.0.2</easymock.version>
     <guava.retrying.version>2.0.0</guava.retrying.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.10.2</hadoop.version>
-    <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <powermock.version>1.6.5</powermock.version>
     <sheets-api.version>v4-rev581-1.25.0</sheets-api.version>
   </properties>