diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2870e8f..7245abc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <properties>
         <release.version>1.0.0</release.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.8.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.13.3</log4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.9.2</jackson.version>
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.1.0</maven.jar.plugin.version>
         <java.version>1.7</java.version>