diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ac8252..44b8402 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.0</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.0</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>