diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d3621c..9bb32b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 		   	 	<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 		    	<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-		    	<version>2.15.0</version>
+		    	<version>2.16.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>