diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a5531c..74ee548 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 	  <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 	  <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-	  <version>2.11.2</version>
+	  <version>2.16.0</version>
 	</dependency>
 	<dependency>
 	  <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>