diff --git a/packages/internal/distributedWekaSpark/pom.xml b/packages/internal/distributedWekaSpark/pom.xml
index eecf974e7..611d5fd84 100644
--- a/packages/internal/distributedWekaSpark/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/internal/distributedWekaSpark/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ This package provides Spark wrappers for the classes in distributedWekaBase. Inc
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>