diff --git a/generators/app/templates/kotlin-vertx/pom.xml b/generators/app/templates/kotlin-vertx/pom.xml
index 1d4673f..1f6c1d8 100644
--- a/generators/app/templates/kotlin-vertx/pom.xml
+++ b/generators/app/templates/kotlin-vertx/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <lombok.version>1.18.6</lombok.version>
     <kotlin.version>1.3.20</kotlin.version>
     <jgiven.version>0.16.1</jgiven.version>
-    <junit4.version>4.12</junit4.version>
+    <junit4.version>4.13.1</junit4.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
     <vertx.version>3.5.4</vertx.version>
     <vavr.version>0.9.2</vavr.version>