diff --git a/tool_files/maven_3_3_9/floodgage/pom.xml b/tool_files/maven_3_3_9/floodgage/pom.xml
index 6ade28e0..1c1650c9 100644
--- a/tool_files/maven_3_3_9/floodgage/pom.xml
+++ b/tool_files/maven_3_3_9/floodgage/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-          <version>2.9.1</version>
+          <version>2.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.googlejavaformat/google-java-format -->
       <dependency>