diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c90621e..1e088a1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.3</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <properties>