diff --git a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-scala/pom.xml b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-scala/pom.xml
index 9ffa192a..33b53154 100644
--- a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-scala/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.13.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.jayway.awaitility</groupId>