diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3875a94..eadbf4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<version.mysql.connector>5.1.13</version.mysql.connector>
 		<version.hsql.connector>2.2.4</version.hsql.connector>
-		<version.log4j>2.8.2</version.log4j>
+		<version.log4j>2.16.0</version.log4j>
 		<version.oro>2.0.8</version.oro>
 		<org.springframework.version>3.0.5.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
 	</properties>