diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 0925e4ac..1bde1e8c
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.1</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>