diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e9dbaa4..91e1048e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>