diff --git a/aws-lambda/shipping-tracker/ShippingFunction/pom.xml b/aws-lambda/shipping-tracker/ShippingFunction/pom.xml
index 2c8224e6d513..96ca92b6827b 100644
--- a/aws-lambda/shipping-tracker/ShippingFunction/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda/shipping-tracker/ShippingFunction/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>junit</groupId>
           <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-          <version>4.12</version>
+          <version>4.13.1</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-2/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-2/pom.xml
index 253537bc2b85..e87f9c14f2c5 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-2/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-2/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     </build>
     
     <properties>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <threadweaver.version>0.2</threadweaver.version>
         <tempus-fugit.version>1.1</tempus-fugit.version>
         <multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
diff --git a/libraries-primitive/pom.xml b/libraries-primitive/pom.xml
index a3bf5e0d9d3b..9a07655c34e2 100644
--- a/libraries-primitive/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries-primitive/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <fastutil.version>8.2.2</fastutil.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <eclipse-collections.version>10.0.0</eclipse-collections.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-custom-plugin/usage-example/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-custom-plugin/usage-example/pom.xml
index f512fc104d5e..2de5634dca8c 100644
--- a/maven-modules/maven-custom-plugin/usage-example/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-custom-plugin/usage-example/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <commons.lang3.version>3.9</commons.lang3.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml
index 2cd92da42fde..0db34411986f 100644
--- a/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13</version>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/open-liberty/pom.xml b/open-liberty/pom.xml
index 0e8b15904393..bdc57fe001b8 100644
--- a/open-liberty/pom.xml
+++ b/open-liberty/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         <version.derby>10.14.2.0</version.derby>
         <version.liberty-maven-plugin>3.3-M3</version.liberty-maven-plugin>
         <version.maven-war-plugin>3.2.3</version.maven-war-plugin>
-        <version.junit>4.12</version.junit>
+        <version.junit>4.13.1</version.junit>
         <version.yasson>1.0.5</version.yasson>
         <version.cxf-rt-rs-client>3.2.6</version.cxf-rt-rs-client>
         <version.javax.json>1.0.4</version.javax.json>
diff --git a/patterns/cqrs-es/pom.xml b/patterns/cqrs-es/pom.xml
index 0829e35f34b6..c9c34414fbd5 100644
--- a/patterns/cqrs-es/pom.xml
+++ b/patterns/cqrs-es/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.12</lombok.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab3c73ff8a24..b58b2483769b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@
         <gib.failOnError>false</gib.failOnError>        
         <gib.disable>true</gib.disable>
 
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
         <hamcrest-all.version>1.3</hamcrest-all.version>
         <mockito.version>3.3.0</mockito.version>
diff --git a/spring-swagger-codegen/spring-openapi-generator-api-client/pom.xml b/spring-swagger-codegen/spring-openapi-generator-api-client/pom.xml
index 3074849e4c93..b8a0d2a9c86a 100644
--- a/spring-swagger-codegen/spring-openapi-generator-api-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-swagger-codegen/spring-openapi-generator-api-client/pom.xml
@@ -269,6 +269,6 @@
         <jackson-databind-nullable-version>0.2.1</jackson-databind-nullable-version>
         <jackson-threetenbp-version>2.9.10</jackson-threetenbp-version>
         <maven-plugin-version>1.0.0</maven-plugin-version>
-        <junit-version>4.13</junit-version>
+        <junit-version>4.13.1</junit-version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
index 1db6b5db57b6..c4ca625d5343 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-resttemplate/pom.xml
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
         <pact.version>3.5.11</pact.version>
         <source.version>1.8</source.version>
         <target.version>1.8</target.version>
-        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <maven.version>3.7.0</maven.version>
     </properties>