diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 949f2589..4cdadf60 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 		<apache.commons.lang.version>3.9</apache.commons.lang.version>
 		<apache.commons.io.version>2.6</apache.commons.io.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.26</slf4j.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.12.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
 		<google.http.client.version>1.32.1</google.http.client.version>
 	</properties>
 </project>