diff --git a/biomodels/pom.xml b/biomodels/pom.xml
index 31603ed88..322135fc2 100644
--- a/biomodels/pom.xml
+++ b/biomodels/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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