diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index cc55ce3fe2..3166c5b399 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-java -->