diff --git a/api/pacman-api-vulnerability/pom.xml b/api/pacman-api-vulnerability/pom.xml
index 22908d37f..e9bc20806 100644
--- a/api/pacman-api-vulnerability/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pacman-api-vulnerability/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.9.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>