diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 862dd87..e3442ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <findbug.version>1.3.9</findbug.version>
     <guice.version>4.1.0</guice.version>
     <guava.version>20.0</guava.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.2</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
     <jersey.version>2.25.1</jersey.version>
     <jackson.version>2.9.9</jackson.version>
     <apache.codec.version>1.10</apache.codec.version>