diff --git a/plexus-classworlds/tags/plexus-classworlds-1.4/pom.xml b/plexus-classworlds/tags/plexus-classworlds-1.4/pom.xml
index fbb29b6ac..a80d93e7e 100644
--- a/plexus-classworlds/tags/plexus-classworlds-1.4/pom.xml
+++ b/plexus-classworlds/tags/plexus-classworlds-1.4/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>