diff --git a/quickstart-web/pom.xml b/quickstart-web/pom.xml
index 8f303d0d..f3bc7b05 100644
--- a/quickstart-web/pom.xml
+++ b/quickstart-web/pom.xml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.3</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>