diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee47b72b6..ac189203c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.13.2</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>