diff --git a/mr/pom.xml b/mr/pom.xml
index 4a7bc0b..ab9c04b 100644
--- a/mr/pom.xml
+++ b/mr/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.1</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>