diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86968fc39e..1e328a71d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <jdom2.version>2.0.6</jdom2.version>
     <jetty.version>9.4.44.v20210927</jetty.version>
     <jrcs-diff.version>0.4.2</jrcs-diff.version>
-    <junit.version>5.8.1</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>5.9.1</junit.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.17.2</log4j2.version>
     <lucene.version>6.6.6</lucene.version>