diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11abe32..09e705e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 		<dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-    <version>2.13.2</version>
+    <version>2.16.0</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 </dependency>