diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 812748c..9523d11 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.9.1</version>
+			<version>2.12.4</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-log4j12 -->