diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d2dde2e..1c28758 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.2</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>