diff --git a/apollo-backend/pom.xml b/apollo-backend/pom.xml
index 752de8a1..bbbda1d9 100644
--- a/apollo-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/apollo-backend/pom.xml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>