diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49f8a11..37f47af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.0</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>