diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fbd368..8a96dfb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ It builds on top of a Stax (JSR-173) compliant XML processors such as Woodstox o
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.2</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>