diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
index 3f3bff61fb8..89ac07a7e20 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <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>