diff --git a/log4j2-demo/pom.xml b/log4j2-demo/pom.xml
index 0776cc3..626eebe 100644
--- a/log4j2-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j2-demo/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0-rc1</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>