diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3edf93cd7b7432c6dbe91eec89b41bcd00a533c3..024bda40d80d4069cc6805ec4a78d1849601bb60 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.nibio.vips</groupId>