diff --git a/mxnet/scala-package/pom.xml b/mxnet/scala-package/pom.xml
index 9fdbd60..a938a3e 100644
--- a/mxnet/scala-package/pom.xml
+++ b/mxnet/scala-package/pom.xml
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.1</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>