diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 392cb3b0..8e96f0bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <netty.version>4.1.38.Final</netty.version>
         <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.26</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.12.0</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
         <jackson.version>2.9.9</jackson.version>
         <joda.version>2.10.3</joda.version>
         <javassist.version>3.25.0-GA</javassist.version>