diff --git a/backend-java/pom.xml b/backend-java/pom.xml
index 112c590..ca0079a 100644
--- a/backend-java/pom.xml
+++ b/backend-java/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.instancio</groupId>
       <artifactId>instancio-junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4.0</version>
+      <version>4.0.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>