diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index 9fa00f9f11..0cc0a249ef 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ Release 2.5.0 - UNRELEASED
 
     HADOOP-10485. Remove dead classes in hadoop-streaming. (wheat9)
 
+    HADOOP-10503. Move junit up to v 4.11. (cnauroth)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestConfigurationDeprecation.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestConfigurationDeprecation.java
index f336821620..93a235ab48 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestConfigurationDeprecation.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/conf/TestConfigurationDeprecation.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration.DeprecationDelta;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/TestKeyProvider.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/TestKeyProvider.java
index 1f046e628b..42069bc848 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/TestKeyProvider.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/crypto/key/TestKeyProvider.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.crypto.key;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextPermissionBase.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextPermissionBase.java
index d17305bc90..5c44a985dd 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextPermissionBase.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextPermissionBase.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextURIBase.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextURIBase.java
index 506e941e35..4082737289 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextURIBase.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileContextURIBase.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.permission.FsPermission;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileContextDeleteOnExit.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileContextDeleteOnExit.java
index 2a058f7624..40db1fdda2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileContextDeleteOnExit.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileContextDeleteOnExit.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.ShutdownHookManager;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileSystemCaching.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileSystemCaching.java
index 8dff124d7e..07b07dc8bc 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileSystemCaching.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TestFileSystemCaching.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.fs;
 
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertSame;
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertNotSame;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpCookieFlag.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpCookieFlag.java
index c0aaf64309..d7104aaf75 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpCookieFlag.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpCookieFlag.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.http;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
index cb862758ae..03294b527a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/http/TestHttpServer.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileByteArrays.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileByteArrays.java
index 886cba14ec..8040cdf8a9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileByteArrays.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileByteArrays.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataOutputStream;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileComparators.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileComparators.java
index 5bb191854d..d7df1c3e40 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileComparators.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileComparators.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileSplit.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileSplit.java
index 470988ec0d..4f84f0af99 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileSplit.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileSplit.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileStreams.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileStreams.java
index e8da180700..8c67625137 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileStreams.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileStreams.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileUnsortedByteArrays.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileUnsortedByteArrays.java
index 6fb6fdf9b4..2f7f2de459 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileUnsortedByteArrays.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestTFileUnsortedByteArrays.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestVLong.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestVLong.java
index 34dcaa16d0..a2bb21971b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestVLong.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/io/file/tfile/TestVLong.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/MiniRPCBenchmark.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/MiniRPCBenchmark.java
index 4def070497..576ce76748 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/MiniRPCBenchmark.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/MiniRPCBenchmark.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestRPCCompatibility.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestRPCCompatibility.java
index 8e30c7e331..2ac2be990d 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestRPCCompatibility.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestRPCCompatibility.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
@@ -390,4 +390,4 @@ private GetProtocolSignatureRequestProto createGetProtocolSigRequestProto(
     builder.setRpcKind(rpcKind.toString());
     return builder.build();
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestSocketFactory.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestSocketFactory.java
index a082f10a04..f2d312e06c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestSocketFactory.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ipc/TestSocketFactory.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 import javax.net.SocketFactory;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestDoAsEffectiveUser.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestDoAsEffectiveUser.java
index e546e4c93f..6626e8b634 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestDoAsEffectiveUser.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestDoAsEffectiveUser.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Text;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUGIWithExternalKdc.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUGIWithExternalKdc.java
index 2f55b11fd1..896643a038 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUGIWithExternalKdc.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUGIWithExternalKdc.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CommonConfigurationKeys;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUGIWithSecurityOn.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUGIWithSecurityOn.java
index ae7bf084b8..028cc38f1b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUGIWithSecurityOn.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/TestUGIWithSecurityOn.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import javax.security.auth.kerberos.KerberosPrincipal;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/ssl/TestReloadingX509TrustManager.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/ssl/TestReloadingX509TrustManager.java
index 5a03605f34..75e5a8e57b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/ssl/TestReloadingX509TrustManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/ssl/TestReloadingX509TrustManager.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.security.ssl.KeyStoreTestUtil.createTrustStore;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.security.ssl.KeyStoreTestUtil.generateCertificate;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.security.ssl.KeyStoreTestUtil.generateKeyPair;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/TestDelegationToken.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/TestDelegationToken.java
index 60f0fe0c1b..4f83a57f3f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/TestDelegationToken.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/token/delegation/TestDelegationToken.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
index fe1284fd58..14e19f4363 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.junit.Test;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestIdentityHashStore.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestIdentityHashStore.java
index 795c8e32cc..bd74855298 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestIdentityHashStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestIdentityHashStore.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestLineReader.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestLineReader.java
index cbb06eabf0..9d909bcebd 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestLineReader.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestLineReader.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.LineReader;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 public class TestLineReader {
   private LineReader lineReader;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
index 444d72304e..c7cc1dec74 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
index 9e903b2fa0..56250660bc 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/TestNfsExports.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/TestNfsExports.java
index 30b6ff932a..5cda10bd86 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/TestNfsExports.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/TestNfsExports.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.nfs;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.nfs.AccessPrivilege;
 import org.apache.hadoop.nfs.NfsExports;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/TestNfsTime.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/TestNfsTime.java
index b25808e7d0..a46051aaab 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/TestNfsTime.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/TestNfsTime.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.nfs;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.nfs.NfsTime;
 import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.XDR;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/nfs3/TestFileHandle.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/nfs3/TestFileHandle.java
index a057bb0362..53916641e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/nfs3/TestFileHandle.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/nfs/nfs3/TestFileHandle.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.nfs.nfs3;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.nfs.nfs3.FileHandle;
 import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.XDR;
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/portmap/TestPortmap.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/portmap/TestPortmap.java
index cc88d34920..f217e843d7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/portmap/TestPortmap.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/portmap/TestPortmap.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import junit.framework.Assert;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.RpcCall;
 import org.apache.hadoop.oncrpc.XDR;
diff --git a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
index 5f4fc1bf63..c271c91800 100644
--- a/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-maven-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index a44a390d52..8661de1d34 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.10</version>
+        <version>4.11</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>