diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5425d99..528f13e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.8.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>