diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb81e41..a8b501f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.0</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>