diff --git a/taskmanagement/pom.xml b/taskmanagement/pom.xml
index c4a51d7..28a0737 100644
--- a/taskmanagement/pom.xml
+++ b/taskmanagement/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>