diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cad8dab..ca2eef4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <github.user.name>gsharma</github.user.name>
     <github.repo.name>replicator</github.repo.name>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <log4j.version>2.12.1</log4j.version>
     <corfu.version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</corfu.version>
     <jackson.version>2.9.10.4</jackson.version>