diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index ab3e33ce0..332549ab8 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>