diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7be52af..f982e78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <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>