diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/pom/example-java-app-maven/pom.xml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/pom/example-java-app-maven/pom.xml
index 6dec1a75aa07..861bdddf892c 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/pom/example-java-app-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/pom/example-java-app-maven/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.12</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- end::junit[] -->