diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 9f4fa562..838bd3e7 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.resources.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.resources.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <json.version>20141113</json.version>
         <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>