diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76a0985..ce1583e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.2</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-codec/commons-codec -->