diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf8534e..9ec0d36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<orcid-api-client.version>2.0</orcid-api-client.version>
 		<logback-version>1.1.7</logback-version>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
 		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
 	</properties>