diff --git a/hst-config-via-rest/pom.xml b/hst-config-via-rest/pom.xml
index 59ac8d8..5afae3c 100644
--- a/hst-config-via-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/hst-config-via-rest/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <jsp-api.version>2.2</jsp-api.version>
     <taglibs.version>1.2.1</taglibs.version>
     <xalan.version>2.7.1</xalan.version>
-    <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <easymock.version>3.1</easymock.version>
      
     <filesync.override>false</filesync.override>