diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebc95dfc..92e90dd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>4.13.1</version>
+            <version>4.13.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency> <!-- use a specific Groovy version rather than the one specified by spock-core -->
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>