diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a574e3..cf532a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.0-alpha0</slf4j.version>
         <typesafe.version>1.3.4</typesafe.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>