diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd1b223..51f57f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 				<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-				<version>2.11.2</version>
+				<version>2.16.0</version>
 				<scope>compile</scope>
 				<optional>true</optional>
 			</dependency>