diff --git a/examples/storage/cassandra/java/pom.xml b/examples/storage/cassandra/java/pom.xml
index a18969ccca256..c99347ad1d641 100644
--- a/examples/storage/cassandra/java/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/storage/cassandra/java/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>