diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f4e50d..e8f8d98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.0</version>
+            <version>2.23.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>