diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c0f887..f85a14f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5</version>
+      <version>2.12.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>