diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e54e5fd..349bcca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <lombok-version>1.18.4</lombok-version>
     <commons-configuration-version>2.2</commons-configuration-version>
     <commons-beanutils-version>1.9.3</commons-beanutils-version>
-    <log4j-version>2.11.1</log4j-version>
+    <log4j-version>2.16.0</log4j-version>
     <jillion-version>5.3.1</jillion-version>
     <argparse4j-version>0.8.1</argparse4j-version>
     <jacoco-version>0.8.3</jacoco-version>