diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b81cb2..be158f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>