diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a69b8d..2da5f8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.3</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api -->