diff --git a/update-stable-ids/pom.xml b/update-stable-ids/pom.xml
index 175635a65..26180e7ce 100644
--- a/update-stable-ids/pom.xml
+++ b/update-stable-ids/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 		<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.reactome.release</groupId>