diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 115c019ba6..86736cf727 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     <sonar.organization>java-operator-sdk</sonar.organization>
     <sonar.host.url>https://sonarcloud.io</sonar.host.url>
     <fabric8-httpclient-impl.name>jdk</fabric8-httpclient-impl.name>
-    <junit.version>6.0.3</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>6.1.0</junit.version>
     <fabric8-client.version>7.7.0</fabric8-client.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>