diff --git a/jdbl-core/pom.xml b/jdbl-core/pom.xml
index 37204d4..e78e6cd 100644
--- a/jdbl-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbl-core/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
          <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-         <version>2.13.1</version>
+         <version>2.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>