diff --git a/hadoop-commons/pom.xml b/hadoop-commons/pom.xml
index 7591e7c..aff03ff 100644
--- a/hadoop-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-commons/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <hadoop.version>3.2.1</hadoop.version>
         <java.version>11</java.version>
         <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.8.2</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.13.3</log4j2.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.10</slf4j.version>   
         <vdp.version>8.0.0-Beta1</vdp.version>
         <parquet.version>1.11.0</parquet.version>