diff --git a/plugins/bluenimble-plugin-tracing.log4j/pom.xml b/plugins/bluenimble-plugin-tracing.log4j/pom.xml
index 3ec3cc8a..d237ada5 100644
--- a/plugins/bluenimble-plugin-tracing.log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/bluenimble-plugin-tracing.log4j/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-		    <version>2.10.0</version>
+		    <version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>