diff --git a/utils/nio/pom.xml b/utils/nio/pom.xml
index d4af0b57040..79d0c3b4e2d 100644
--- a/utils/nio/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/nio/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   	<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>