diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d190a9e..7d4644e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.13.1</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
 		<dependency>