diff --git a/StoreManagement/pom.xml b/StoreManagement/pom.xml
index 197722d..0a6a17e 100644
--- a/StoreManagement/pom.xml
+++ b/StoreManagement/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>