diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffc45221d..26e7cc979 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ Authors of this POM file: iirekm, jheaton
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>4.8.1</version>
+			<version>4.13.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.0</version>
+			<version>2.7.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>			
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>