diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2ef270..856c667 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jackson.version>2.4.2</jackson.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.0.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
         <spring.framework.version>4.0.6.RELEASE</spring.framework.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>