diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1d1ce46..7616b32 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.axis2</groupId>