diff --git a/gospl/pom.xml b/gospl/pom.xml
index bbc4531..6a8c01b 100644
--- a/gospl/pom.xml
+++ b/gospl/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>