diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 85bbb0d5d..779ea8dd0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
     <!-- for osgi integration testing -->
     <osgi.version>4.2.0</osgi.version>
     <karaf.version>3.0.3</karaf.version>
-    <pax.exam.version>3.4.0</pax.exam.version>
+    <pax.exam.version>4.13.1</pax.exam.version>
 
     <!-- Project build settings -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>