diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4548a79..1bf5a04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.2</version>
+                <version>2.16.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- other dependencies-->