diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 538cbbd..bc80909 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
         	<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         	<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-        	<version>2.5</version>
+        	<version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
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