diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6576494625..5f1c48896a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8</version>
+			<version>2.12.4</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>