diff --git a/es-jdbc/pom.xml b/es-jdbc/pom.xml
index c46f1ef2..241b8851 100644
--- a/es-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/es-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>