diff --git a/playground/java/pom.xml b/playground/java/pom.xml
index d8d5c582846..4e557f95f8f 100644
--- a/playground/java/pom.xml
+++ b/playground/java/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>