diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9339c7..c557ee3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
          <dependency>
              <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
              <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-             <version>2.5</version>
+             <version>2.16.0</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
              <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>