diff --git a/prefetchml-core/pom.xml b/prefetchml-core/pom.xml
index 84a2c23..336d652 100644
--- a/prefetchml-core/pom.xml
+++ b/prefetchml-core/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	</description>
 	
 	<properties>
-		<log4j.version>2.13.3</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
 		<blueprints.version>2.4.0</blueprints.version>
 	</properties>