diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a39abc..7f2facb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
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