diff --git a/hbase/apitests/pom.xml b/hbase/apitests/pom.xml
index 7e54221..c086405 100644
--- a/hbase/apitests/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase/apitests/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.1</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>