diff --git a/utilities/regprocessorpacketgenutil/pom.xml b/utilities/regprocessorpacketgenutil/pom.xml
index 5f9a3a2d..350891fb 100644
--- a/utilities/regprocessorpacketgenutil/pom.xml
+++ b/utilities/regprocessorpacketgenutil/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.12.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>