diff --git a/staker-registry/pom.xml b/staker-registry/pom.xml
index 91f6f0d..c1da88b 100644
--- a/staker-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/staker-registry/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Don't change the following dependency. This is required to compile & run test cases. The avm.jar for the project will be