diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5430790e..486b4a29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.0</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>