diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e614786e83f..4fd064d8508 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
   	<drools-version>7.6.0-SNAPSHOT</drools-version>
   	<slf4j-version>1.7.7</slf4j-version>
-  	<junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
+  	<junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
   </properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>