diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 0a0f2e0ce8f65..3954ac1325d14 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <target.gen.source.path>${project.basedir}/target/generated-sources</target.gen.source.path>
-    <dep.junit.version>4.11</dep.junit.version>
+    <dep.junit.version>4.13.1</dep.junit.version>
     <dep.slf4j.version>1.7.25</dep.slf4j.version>
     <dep.guava.version>18.0</dep.guava.version>
     <dep.netty.version>4.0.49.Final</dep.netty.version>