diff --git a/java/examples/pom.xml b/java/examples/pom.xml
index b6c8bc424f5d528d74a4a45828fd9b5e7e5d008e..745e8d4f0f3d47e488f99bd7fe73ed6a9f887373 100644
--- a/java/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/java/examples/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>