diff --git a/game-runner/pom.xml b/game-runner/pom.xml
index 7d2518ff..191a4077 100644
--- a/game-runner/pom.xml
+++ b/game-runner/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <gson.version>2.8.2</gson.version>
         <game.engine.interface.version>2019.2.0</game.engine.interface.version>
         <apache.commons.exec.version>1.3</apache.commons.exec.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.11.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
         <retrofit.version>2.5.0</retrofit.version>
         <rxjava.version>2.1.14</rxjava.version>
         <azure.storage.version>7.0.0</azure.storage.version>