diff --git a/apps/cassandra/cassandra-log4j2-appender/pom.xml b/apps/cassandra/cassandra-log4j2-appender/pom.xml
index 0324e6b..732a00c 100644
--- a/apps/cassandra/cassandra-log4j2-appender/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/cassandra/cassandra-log4j2-appender/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.1</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>