diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 344927a..07efcd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.13.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.6</gson.version>
     </properties>