diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index e0ed599474..577fd503d3
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<inceptionYear>2012</inceptionYear>
 
 	<properties>
-		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
 		<gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
 		<javadoc.skip>true</javadoc.skip>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>