diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1bb4377..e929b03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-    <version>2.14.1</version>
+    <version>2.16.0</version>
   </dependency>
   
   </dependencies>