diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37b8962..67aa995 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>2.20.0</version>
+        <version>2.21.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>