diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cdc6be2a..46a169fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.1</version>
+      <version>2.20.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+           
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.20.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>