diff --git a/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml b/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
index 60985b10e..e0b9b8e60 100644
--- a/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-commons/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-           <version>2.20.0</version>
+           <version>2.22.0</version>
        </dependency>
 			<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
index 3183a6083..86a1f0442 100644
--- a/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bboxdb-server/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-           <version>2.20.0</version>
+           <version>2.22.0</version>
        </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>