diff --git a/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-consumer/pom.xml b/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-consumer/pom.xml
index ee827074..c759eba7 100644
--- a/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.1</version>
+                <version>2.16.0</version>
                 <scope>compile</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9786a99b..2ec8782e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 		<jersey.version>2.29</jersey.version>
 		<cobertura.maven.plugin>2.7</cobertura.maven.plugin>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
-		<log4j2.version>2.11.1</log4j2.version>
+		<log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
 		<args4j.version>2.33</args4j.version>
 		<saxon.he.version>9.9.0-1</saxon.he.version>
 		<commons.lang3.version>3.8.1</commons.lang3.version>