diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1819fd29..ed9c3b5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
         <commons-codec.osgi.version>1.4.0.wso2v1</commons-codec.osgi.version>
         <gson.version>2.1</gson.version>
         <json.version>20070829</json.version>
-        <junit.version>3.8.1</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <el.api.version>2.2</el.api.version>
         <h2.wso2.version>1.2.140.wso2v3</h2.wso2.version>