diff --git a/platform-framework/analytics-core/pom.xml b/platform-framework/analytics-core/pom.xml
index 31eabbbba..4dc2e2bbe 100644
--- a/platform-framework/analytics-core/pom.xml
+++ b/platform-framework/analytics-core/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>