diff --git a/bouncr-api-server/pom.xml b/bouncr-api-server/pom.xml
index 5a230cf..dfb6e02 100644
--- a/bouncr-api-server/pom.xml
+++ b/bouncr-api-server/pom.xml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.11.1</version>
+                    <version>2.16.0</version>
                 </dependency>
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>