diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21d81ae..1e0569d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.11.1</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>