diff --git a/change-distiller-uzh/changedistiller/pom.xml b/change-distiller-uzh/changedistiller/pom.xml
index 3b1121e..9fb433a 100644
--- a/change-distiller-uzh/changedistiller/pom.xml
+++ b/change-distiller-uzh/changedistiller/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5b6c106..766b250
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.10</version>
+                <version>4.13.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.nscala-time</groupId>