diff --git a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
index a02ac67..3cc214f 100644
--- a/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
+++ b/dspace-sword/dspace-sword-api/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ecaa457..ae5794f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.8.1</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>