diff --git a/depmgmt/pom.xml b/depmgmt/pom.xml
index 1e224105..873adac9 100644
--- a/depmgmt/pom.xml
+++ b/depmgmt/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 				<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-				<version>2.10.0</version>
+				<version>2.16.0</version>
 				<scope>test</scope>
 			</dependency> 
 			<dependency>