diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 562eae0..ff3dac2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>2.17</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
 
         <!-- dependency versions -->
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.10</slf4j.version>
         <property-parser.version>0.0.2</property-parser.version>
         <jopt-simple.version>4.8</jopt-simple.version>