diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad34839..66ef1da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	  <dependency>
 		  <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 		  <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-		  <version>2.5</version>
+		  <version>2.16.0</version>
 	  </dependency>
 
 	  <dependency>