diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbb1cfa..c8bc848 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.11</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<exclusions>
 				<!-- exclude this. We will have hamcresent library. If this is included, 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.12</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>