diff --git a/packages/internal/distributedWekaBase/pom.xml b/packages/internal/distributedWekaBase/pom.xml
index bc70b6fc6..7430d5617 100644
--- a/packages/internal/distributedWekaBase/pom.xml
+++ b/packages/internal/distributedWekaBase/pom.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ This package provides generic configuration class and distributed map/reduce sty
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.5</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>