diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 18ad0be94..17c29fef4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.4</version>
+      <version>4.8.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>