diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6caedae2..b24ca662 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <!-- version properties -->
     <avro.version>1.7.7</avro.version>
     <cdap.version>6.8.0-SNAPSHOT</cdap.version>
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.6</commons.io.version>
     <commons.lang.version>2.6</commons.lang.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.3.0</hadoop.version>