diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 493558f0b3e54..5b19b9fe9264a 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>