diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79a0c5ed9..ce6e93603 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
+      <version>4.12</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>