diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bfd94bd..4d9a869 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			 <dependency>
 			    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			    <version>2.2</version>
+			    <version>2.16.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>  
 	            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>