diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 403e456..2517032 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <kafka.version>0.11.0.3</kafka.version>
         <libphonenumber.version>8.9.2</libphonenumber.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.10.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
         <mockserver-netty.version>5.3.0</mockserver-netty.version>