diff --git a/surefire-providers/common-junit48/pom.xml b/surefire-providers/common-junit48/pom.xml
index 5fdea228d3..138dbb4d61 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/common-junit48/pom.xml
+++ b/surefire-providers/common-junit48/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>