diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f76d2c06..d77eb51b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
     <amazonaws.version>1.11.550</amazonaws.version>
-    <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
     <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.6</slf4j.version>