diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d78f57e..e9ac10e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ under the License.
 		<scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-		<log4j.version>2.12.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>