diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35e06b1cc63..9bdcf705243 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ Follow instuctions in http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#quickstart
 ### Running a particular unit test ###
     ./gradlew -Dtest.single=RequestResponseSerializationTest core:test
 
+### Running a particular test method within a unit test ###
+    ./gradlew core:test --tests kafka.api.test.ProducerFailureHandlingTest.testCannotSendToInternalTopic
+    ./gradlew clients:test --tests org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.MetadataTest.testMetadataUpdateWaitTime
+    
+
 ### Running a particular unit test with log4j output ###
     change the log4j setting in either clients/src/test/resources/log4j.properties or core/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
     ./gradlew -i -Dtest.single=RequestResponseSerializationTest core:test
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1cbab29ce83..3a509c34720 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ project(':core') {
     compile 'com.yammer.metrics:metrics-core:2.2.0'
     compile 'net.sf.jopt-simple:jopt-simple:3.2'
 
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.1'
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.6'
     testCompile 'org.easymock:easymock:3.0'
     testCompile 'org.objenesis:objenesis:1.2'
     testCompile project(':clients')