diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac99206..0f9a97d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.1</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>