diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47fb231..9fa08b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <opentracing.version>0.33.0</opentracing.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.3.1</protobuf.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
     <awaitility.version>3.0.0</awaitility.version>
     <commonslang3.version>3.0</commonslang3.version>