diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 35c0c7dc..c79e9e6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
             <dependency>
               <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
               <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-              <version>2.25.3</version>
+              <version>2.26.1</version>
             </dependency>
 
         </dependencies>