diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eabfe608..b534daf1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-       <version>2.1</version>
+       <version>2.16.0</version>
      </dependency>
 
     <dependency>