diff --git a/thucydides-smoketests/pom.xml b/thucydides-smoketests/pom.xml
index ddd507d11..e0260e792 100644
--- a/thucydides-smoketests/pom.xml
+++ b/thucydides-smoketests/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>