diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b85e7ae..28fcd41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-		    <version>2.18.0</version>
+		    <version>2.19.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 	    <dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>