diff --git a/ESRestSearch/pom.xml b/ESRestSearch/pom.xml
index df7275b6..fc5580ca 100644
--- a/ESRestSearch/pom.xml
+++ b/ESRestSearch/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>