diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8be61c9..0caccc8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <slf.version>1.7.32</slf.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.15.0</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
 
         <scala.version>2.13.7</scala.version>
         <scala.lib.suffix.version>_2.13</scala.lib.suffix.version>