diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fb3b46..3cea569 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.18.0</log4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>