diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d5fe4f8..79e5f5a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.1</version>
+                <version>2.16.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>