diff --git a/tensorflow/java/maven/spark-tensorflow-connector/pom.xml b/tensorflow/java/maven/spark-tensorflow-connector/pom.xml
index f47c11809d5846..651bfa7e87c7ef 100644
--- a/tensorflow/java/maven/spark-tensorflow-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/tensorflow/java/maven/spark-tensorflow-connector/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <spark.version>2.3.1</spark.version>
         <yarn.api.version>2.7.3</yarn.api.version>
-        <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>