diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d6cd2c2..ec6977e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <version.junit>4.12</version.junit>
+        <version.junit>4.13.1</version.junit>
         <version.hamcrest>1.3</version.hamcrest>
         <version.multiaddr>v1.3.0</version.multiaddr>
 	</properties>