diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07ed27a2..74a1e4bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 		<antlr.version>2.7.7</antlr.version>
 		<apache-shiro.version>1.8.0</apache-shiro.version>
 		<cache-api.version>1.1.1</cache-api.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
 		<multithreadedtc.version>1.01</multithreadedtc.version>
 		<snappy.version>0.4</snappy.version>
 		<springdata.commons>2.7.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>