diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53afbde..8f58e87 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <selenium.version>2.45.0</selenium.version>
         <reportng.version>1.1.4</reportng.version>
         <inject.version>4.0-beta5</inject.version>
-        <log4j-api.version>2.2</log4j-api.version>
+        <log4j-api.version>2.20.0</log4j-api.version>
         <log4j-core.version>2.2</log4j-core.version>
         <jackson-mapper.version>1.8.5</jackson-mapper.version>
     </properties>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         								</goals>
         							</pluginExecutionFilter>
         							<action>
-        								<ignore></ignore>
+        								<ignore/>
         							</action>
         						</pluginExecution>
         					</pluginExecutions>