diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af55ffa..9bc0e5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <properties>
         <kafka.streams.version>2.3.0</kafka.streams.version>
         <log4j.version>2.13.3</log4j.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>