diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a71630d289d3..71dedb0c65b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
     <!-- Spring Boot related dependencies. Keep these in sync! -->
     <spring-boot.version>3.4.5</spring-boot.version>
-    <junit.version>5.11.4</junit.version>
+    <junit.version>6.1.3</junit.version>
     <mockito.version>5.14.2</mockito.version>
     <logback.version>1.5.34</logback.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>