diff --git a/ejb-beanutils-async/rules-java/pom.xml b/ejb-beanutils-async/rules-java/pom.xml
index 4b919e8..0bee44f 100644
--- a/ejb-beanutils-async/rules-java/pom.xml
+++ b/ejb-beanutils-async/rules-java/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>