diff --git a/release-common-lib/pom.xml b/release-common-lib/pom.xml
index 3747c41e9..f9a19091c 100644
--- a/release-common-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/release-common-lib/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.11.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>