diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4467a0b82172..b9be2c5b2116 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.8.2</version>
+                <version>4.12</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>