diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e509ed9..514d2b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <version>2.20.0</version>
             <type>pom</type>
         </dependency>