diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c818f081f..0738eb709 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     <gax.version>1.52.0</gax.version>
     <grpc.version>1.26.0</grpc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.11.1</protobuf.version>
-    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     <guava.version>28.1-android</guava.version>
     <threeten.version>1.4.0</threeten.version>
     <opencensus.version>0.24.0</opencensus.version>