diff --git a/hdfs-customwrapper/pom.xml b/hdfs-customwrapper/pom.xml
index 9cfc909..08be68b 100644
--- a/hdfs-customwrapper/pom.xml
+++ b/hdfs-customwrapper/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>  <!-- min required by aws-sdk  -->
         <httpcore.version>4.4.4</httpcore.version>
         <java.version>11</java.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.8.2</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
         <parquet.version>1.11.0</parquet.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.10</slf4j.version>     
         <vdp.version>8.0.0-Beta1</vdp.version>