diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 651f9d1..8d94007 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   <dependency>
   	<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
   	<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-  	<version>2.5</version>
+  	<version>2.16.0</version>
   </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 	<build>