diff --git a/dbunit-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/dbunit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index e0a0e7de..3547ed4c 100644
--- a/dbunit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/dbunit-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>