diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5eccb93e..6550779e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.20.0</version>
+      <version>2.23.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>