diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 763edd04..88501ca2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <awaitility.version>3.0.0</awaitility.version>
         <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.11.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
         <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
 
         <!-- Plugins -->