diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 344e416..5ea1939 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.8.0</maven.compiler.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.10</lombok.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.13.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
         <commons-configuration2.version>2.6</commons-configuration2.version>
         <commons-beanutils.version>1.9.3</commons-beanutils.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.11</httpclient.version>