diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f42b0b0..d8fb29e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 				<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-				<version>2.11.1</version>
+				<version>2.16.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>