diff --git a/itext/pom.xml b/itext/pom.xml
index 37753f18e..8e61e1454 100644
--- a/itext/pom.xml
+++ b/itext/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.2</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pdfa/pom.xml b/pdfa/pom.xml
index aa1440dae..6439789fd 100644
--- a/pdfa/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfa/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.2</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/xmlworker/pom.xml b/xmlworker/pom.xml
index 8baabacbc..14292ca93 100644
--- a/xmlworker/pom.xml
+++ b/xmlworker/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.2</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/xtra/pom.xml b/xtra/pom.xml
index b0c277af3..5db71a5cb 100644
--- a/xtra/pom.xml
+++ b/xtra/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.2</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>