diff --git a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
index 5e269ca..e986456 100644
--- a/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
+++ b/com.eclipsesource.json.performancetest/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>