diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 99188a20e3..2fc230abe1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ repositories {
 // In this section you declare the dependencies for your production and test code
 dependencies {
     implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.15.0'
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.15.0'
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: '2.16.0'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-1.2-api', version: '2.15.0'	// Bridges v1 to v2 for other code in other libs
     implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-simple', version: '1.7.31'
     implementation group: 'commons-logging', name: 'commons-logging', version: '1.2'