diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dea8e3f..d0fea23 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.0</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>