diff --git a/Projects/HeronLoader/pom.xml b/Projects/HeronLoader/pom.xml
index fa8560f..f10b476 100644
--- a/Projects/HeronLoader/pom.xml
+++ b/Projects/HeronLoader/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.2</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>