diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index ba13d033..691795fe 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
                                         <urn>com.h2database:h2:1.3.167:jar:null:compile:d3867d586f087e53eb12fc65e5693d8ee9a5da17</urn>
                                         <urn>com.lambdaworks:scrypt:1.4.0:jar:null:compile:906506b74f30c8c20bccd9ed4a11112d8941fe87</urn>
                                         <urn>com.madgag.spongycastle:core:1.51.0.0:jar:null:compile:0f642963312ea0e615ad65f28adc5a5b3a2a0862</urn>
-                                        <urn>junit:junit:4.11:jar:null:test:4e031bb61df09069aeb2bffb4019e7a5034a4ee0</urn>
+                                        <urn>junit:junit:4.12:jar:null:test:2973d150c0dc1fefe998f834810d68f278ea58ec</urn>
                                         <urn>mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.33:jar:null:compile:8af455a9a3267e6664cafc87ace71a4e4ef02837</urn>
                                         <urn>net.jcip:jcip-annotations:1.0:jar:null:compile:afba4942caaeaf46aab0b976afd57cc7c181467e</urn>
                                         <urn>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-clean-plugin:2.6.1:maven-plugin:null:runtime:bfdf7d6c2f8fc8759457e9d54f458ba56ac7b30f</urn>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.11</version>
+            <version>4.12</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58a1c9ed..4ab35f45 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <!-- Third-party dependencies -->
-    <junit.version>4.8.2</junit.version>
     <generated.sourceDirectory>gen</generated.sourceDirectory>
   </properties>