diff --git a/ehrdao/pom.xml b/ehrdao/pom.xml
index 6f868d05..3f0b344f 100644
--- a/ehrdao/pom.xml
+++ b/ehrdao/pom.xml
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.2</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>joda-time</groupId>