diff --git a/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml b/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
index a3fbf65..7b38691 100644
--- a/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/HeronBenchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>