diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-core/build.gradle b/htmlSanityCheck-core/build.gradle
index 3c15b21f..6255ef7a 100644
--- a/htmlSanityCheck-core/build.gradle
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-core/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies {
 
     testImplementation(
-            'junit:junit:4.12',
+            'junit:junit:4.13.1',
             'org.spockframework:spock-core:2.3-groovy-3.0',
             'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.7'
     )
diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin/build.gradle b/htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
index 6b52b01b..1f713a62 100755
--- a/htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies {
     testImplementation(
-            'junit:junit:4.12',
+            'junit:junit:4.13.1',
             'org.spockframework:spock-core:2.3-groovy-3.0',
             gradleTestKit()
     )