diff --git a/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml b/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
index 41f12e52..6bccc03b 100644
--- a/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
+++ b/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>