diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ba889f64..0137cb0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     <hbase.version>2.4.9</hbase.version>
     <exec.maven.version>1.6.0</exec.maven.version>
     <audience-annotations.version>0.5.0</audience-annotations.version>
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <hbase-thirdparty.version>4.0.1</hbase-thirdparty.version>
     <hadoop-two.version>2.8.5</hadoop-two.version>
     <hadoop-three.version>3.2.0</hadoop-three.version>