diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83cfead..cd2625f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 	  <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 	  <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-	  <version>2.11.2</version>
+	  <version>2.12.4</version>
 	</dependency>
 	<dependency>
 		<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>