diff --git a/linkbench/pom.xml b/linkbench/pom.xml
index 7863457..a87291f 100644
--- a/linkbench/pom.xml
+++ b/linkbench/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>log4j</groupId>