diff --git a/other-identifiers/pom.xml b/other-identifiers/pom.xml
index b2d0cb57d..f0f3e5e4d 100644
--- a/other-identifiers/pom.xml
+++ b/other-identifiers/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <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>