diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4433cd..3a8a773 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<java.version>11</java.version>
 		<org.junit.jupiter>5.3.0-M1</org.junit.jupiter>
 		<org.slf4j>1.7.21</org.slf4j>
-		<org.apache.logging.log4j>2.15.0</org.apache.logging.log4j>
+		<org.apache.logging.log4j>2.16.0</org.apache.logging.log4j>
 
 		<timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</timestamp>
 		<maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</maven.build.timestamp.format>