diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e5dc3cf8..3fd45d566 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <ehcache.version>2.6.11</ehcache.version>
     <memcached.version>2.12.0</memcached.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
-    <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     <easymock.version>2.5.2</easymock.version>
     <mockito.version>1.8.5</mockito.version>
     <jna.version>4.1.0</jna.version>