diff --git a/mods/simplemagic/pom.xml b/mods/simplemagic/pom.xml
index a5e6c449..d7ca4c55 100644
--- a/mods/simplemagic/pom.xml
+++ b/mods/simplemagic/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <log4j2-version>2.0-beta4</log4j2-version>
         <!-- test dependency versions -->
         <easymock-version>3.4</easymock-version>
-        <junit-version>4.8.1</junit-version>
+        <junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jdk.version>1.8</jdk.version>
     </properties>