diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0cd26daf1..5cda6409d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 		  <dependency>
 		    <groupId>junit</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-		    <version>4.10</version>
+		    <version>4.13.1</version>
 		  </dependency>
 		  
 		  <!-- It seems that currently there is no official Oracle release of JPA 2.0, so we need to rely on some implementor  -->