diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b045ec13e..a1b54db5e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 		<notice.file>${basedir}/NOTICE</notice.file>
 		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
 		<xmlunit.version>1.6</xmlunit.version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
 		<emf.version>2.9.1-v20130827-0309</emf.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
 		<commons.lang3.version>3.4</commons.lang3.version>