diff --git a/besu-appsody-stacks/java-besu-maven/templates/hello/pom.xml b/besu-appsody-stacks/java-besu-maven/templates/hello/pom.xml
index fbaf1bb..b9b730d 100644
--- a/besu-appsody-stacks/java-besu-maven/templates/hello/pom.xml
+++ b/besu-appsody-stacks/java-besu-maven/templates/hello/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.web3j</groupId>