diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8725706..4532240 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <servlet.version>3.1.0</servlet.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.5</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
     <jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version>
   </properties>