diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 170d4e38..aa6bd9e7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.15.0</version>
+        <version>2.16.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>