diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e337b24b3..18e38a47d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
 		<version.junit.jupiter>5.5.2</version.junit.jupiter>
-		<version.log4j>2.8.1</version.log4j>
+		<version.log4j>2.13.0</version.log4j>
 		<version.archunit>0.12.0</version.archunit>
 		<version.mockito>2.24.0</version.mockito>
 		<version.junit.mockito>3.2.0</version.junit.mockito>