diff --git a/jdbl-app/pom.xml b/jdbl-app/pom.xml
index e81de94..4b2665e 100644
--- a/jdbl-app/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbl-app/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
          <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-         <version>2.13.2</version>
+         <version>2.16.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- CLI interface -->