diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f6a4118c..615ba59d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>