diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eae2322..1a947ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <!-- version properties -->
     <cdap.version>6.8.0</cdap.version>
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.10.2</hadoop.version>
     <hydrator.version>2.10.0</hydrator.version>
     <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>