diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ba01c7791aa..160f212972b 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ lazy val kernelApi = (project in file("kernel/kernel-api"))
 
       "com.fasterxml.jackson.core" % "jackson-databind" % "2.13.5" % "test",
       "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalaTestVersion % "test",
-      "junit" % "junit" % "4.11" % "test",
+      "junit" % "junit" % "4.13" % "test",
       "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % "test"
     ),
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ lazy val kernelDefaults = (project in file("kernel/kernel-defaults"))
       "org.apache.parquet" % "parquet-hadoop" % "1.12.3",
 
       "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalaTestVersion % "test",
-      "junit" % "junit" % "4.11" % "test",
+      "junit" % "junit" % "4.13" % "test",
       "commons-io" % "commons-io" % "2.8.0" % "test",
       "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11" % "test"
     ),