diff --git a/maven/mmbase-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/maven/mmbase-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 3fbb3150fd..e575fda87c 100644
--- a/maven/mmbase-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven/mmbase-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.4</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>