diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab77ffe6..424cba63 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>