diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 3033828..c26847c 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <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>