diff --git a/default.properties b/default.properties
index 4a3c9bc12..ca7006a24 100644
--- a/default.properties
+++ b/default.properties
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # $Id$
 
 # The location of the "junit.jar" JAR file
-junit.jar = ${junit.home}/junit-4.7.jar
+junit.jar = ${junit.home}/junit-4.9.jar
 
 # The location of the Easymock jar
 easymock.jar = ${easymock.home}/easymock-2.5.2.jar
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 256782964..e64306506 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.2</version>
+      <version>4.9</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>