diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f73f5f2..8563f4d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-    <junit-version>3.8.2</junit-version>
+    <junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
     <protostuffdb-version>0.20.0</protostuffdb-version>
   </properties>