diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9777dd4..f5c43cb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.projectlombok/lombok -->
         <dependency>