diff --git a/elasticsearch/pom.xml b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 9efe894..7bd3d29 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>