diff --git a/kafka-examples/pom.xml b/kafka-examples/pom.xml
index cec9f5a..05ddd5f 100644
--- a/kafka-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-examples/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>