diff --git a/high-scale-lib/pom.xml b/high-scale-lib/pom.xml
index e2e6df3..2984ee8 100644
--- a/high-scale-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/high-scale-lib/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.4</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>