diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe9a567707..b708b6b6be 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
         <fabric8-client.version>5.10.1</fabric8-client.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.15.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
         <mokito.version>4.1.0</mokito.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <auto-service.version>1.0.1</auto-service.version>