diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b207e9..7969047 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <assertj.version>3.15.0</assertj.version>
     <mockito.version>2.23.4</mockito.version>
     <aspectj.version>1.9.1</aspectj.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.11.2</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
     <javafaker.version>0.17.2</javafaker.version>
     <google.guava.version>27.0.1-jre</google.guava.version>
     <google.gson.version>2.8.5</google.gson.version>