diff --git a/druid-grpc/pom.xml b/druid-grpc/pom.xml
index b33e82e..b02edc4 100644
--- a/druid-grpc/pom.xml
+++ b/druid-grpc/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <!-- TODO remove the following when put under "incubator-druid/extensions-contrib" -->
     <easymock.version>3.4</easymock.version>
     <guava.version>20.0</guava.version> <!-- gRPC is compiled with 20.0, Druid is shipped with 16.0.1 -->
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <druid.version>0.20.0</druid.version> <!-- project.parent.version -->
     <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>