diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab981fb8..6ef6eff4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </parent>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j2.version>2.15.0</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>