diff --git a/cello/cello-common/pom.xml b/cello/cello-common/pom.xml
index 668df0af..f81a708c 100644
--- a/cello/cello-common/pom.xml
+++ b/cello/cello-common/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.2</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>