diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 7bbacdc..9c641ce 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 1.8.1
+* upgraded junit dependendcy to v4.13.1
+
 ## 1.8.0
 * upgraded plexus-utils dependendcy to v3.0.16
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 00a448a..0ebd39f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.disney.studio.cucumber.slices.plugin</groupId>
     <artifactId>cucumber-slices-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0</version>
+    <version>1.8.1</version>
     <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
     <name>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}</name>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/disney/studio/cucumber/slices/plugin/assemble/TestFeatureFileAssembler.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/disney/studio/cucumber/slices/plugin/assemble/TestFeatureFileAssembler.groovy
index 36df663..2001cca 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/disney/studio/cucumber/slices/plugin/assemble/TestFeatureFileAssembler.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/disney/studio/cucumber/slices/plugin/assemble/TestFeatureFileAssembler.groovy
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class TestFeatureFileAssembler {
         assert featureFileAssembler instanceof FeatureFileAssembler
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Ignore
     void shouldUseForDebuggingFeatureFiles() {
         String parallelRunnersDirectory = 'src/test/groovy/parallel_runners'
         String templatesDirectory = 'src/test/resources/templates'