diff --git a/.prep/complete/stateful-java-web-app/pom.xml b/.prep/complete/stateful-java-web-app/pom.xml
index 9b22016..c4408b4 100644
--- a/.prep/complete/stateful-java-web-app/pom.xml
+++ b/.prep/complete/stateful-java-web-app/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.1</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>