diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f713b90..c55be46 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>