diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
index 6b2b06c47bfd..d285f5370d93 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>