diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af24c6d..43386c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-    <version>2.5</version>
+    <version>2.16.0</version>
   </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>edu.uiowa.icts.taglib</groupId>