diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 9a1dfd19f5d..a25f2bcfab2 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11</version>
+        <version>4.13.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>