diff --git a/scgapi/pom.xml b/scgapi/pom.xml
index b756413..79a424f 100644
--- a/scgapi/pom.xml
+++ b/scgapi/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>