diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3cab62f..970be19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
     <artifactId>CucumberBasics</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
-         <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
-         <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
+            <version>4.13</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/info.cukes/cucumber-picocontainer -->