diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c65f423..3b84aff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		<java_target_version>1.8</java_target_version>
 		<file_encoding>UTF-8</file_encoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-		<log4j2.version>2.14.1</log4j2.version>
+		<log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>