diff --git a/tc-bbn-avro/pom.xml b/tc-bbn-avro/pom.xml
index eedbc5f..03330ec 100644
--- a/tc-bbn-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/tc-bbn-avro/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
     <kafka.version>0.9.0.0</kafka.version>
-    <junit-version>4.11</junit-version>
+    <junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
     <mvn-assembly-version>2.2.1</mvn-assembly-version>
     <mvn-surefire-version>2.19</mvn-surefire-version>
     <mvn-compiler-version>2.0.2</mvn-compiler-version>