diff --git a/add-ehri-ids/pom.xml b/add-ehri-ids/pom.xml
index daf384d..028c14f 100644
--- a/add-ehri-ids/pom.xml
+++ b/add-ehri-ids/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.1</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/add-language-of-descriptions/pom.xml b/add-language-of-descriptions/pom.xml
index 544feba..8bb3e4e 100644
--- a/add-language-of-descriptions/pom.xml
+++ b/add-language-of-descriptions/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.10</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/add-path-structure/pom.xml b/add-path-structure/pom.xml
index 60b9a16..11dfc3f 100644
--- a/add-path-structure/pom.xml
+++ b/add-path-structure/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.10</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
  
diff --git a/identify-main-identifier/pom.xml b/identify-main-identifier/pom.xml
index 833aefd..34c3930 100644
--- a/identify-main-identifier/pom.xml
+++ b/identify-main-identifier/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.10</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
  
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 549a98c..8f99f76 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.10</version>
+                <version>4.13.1</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>