diff --git a/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml b/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
index c62e8f19..523b4a4d 100644
--- a/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
+++ b/reactome_base_sonatype/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.12</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>