diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6bf9c40..671bd77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <kafka.version>0.10.1.0</kafka.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>