diff --git a/apps/onos-nc-reverse-shell/pom.xml b/apps/onos-nc-reverse-shell/pom.xml
index 2462aa0..b89f434 100644
--- a/apps/onos-nc-reverse-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/onos-nc-reverse-shell/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>