diff --git a/kafka-core/pom.xml b/kafka-core/pom.xml
index fcebabb..b5b4b7d 100644
--- a/kafka-core/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-core/pom.xml
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>