diff --git a/oldclonedetector/pom.xml b/oldclonedetector/pom.xml
index a26b090..8321aa5 100644
--- a/oldclonedetector/pom.xml
+++ b/oldclonedetector/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>