diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
index 534ccf6a87e..a117f265145 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.1</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>