diff --git a/rest/java/pom.xml b/rest/java/pom.xml
index a053928..18430aa 100644
--- a/rest/java/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/java/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <akka.version>2.4.17</akka.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.3.1</commons.cli.version>
         <guice.version>4.1.0</guice.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <logback.classic.version>1.1.3</logback.classic.version>
         <spark.version>2.5.4</spark.version>
         <cfg4j.version>4.4.0</cfg4j.version>