diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fa56fc..61c4886 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.12.0</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>