diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c03e2c92f8..25e2ece9e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@
     <spring-boot.version>2.4.12</spring-boot.version>
     <spring-batch.version>4.3.3</spring-batch.version>
     <spring-framework.version>5.3.12</spring-framework.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.15.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>