diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66aa6dd689..814691db94 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version> <!-- 2.4.2 -->
 		<concurrent.version>1.3.4</concurrent.version>
 		<log4j.version>1.2.14</log4j.version>
-		<junit.version>3.8.1</junit.version>
+		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
 		<testng.version>6.2</testng.version>
 		<javolution.version>5.5.1</javolution.version>
 		<compiler.plugin.version>3.0</compiler.plugin.version>