diff --git a/moesif-springrequest/pom.xml b/moesif-springrequest/pom.xml
index c296e85..58b11ea 100644
--- a/moesif-springrequest/pom.xml
+++ b/moesif-springrequest/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.0</version>
+      <version>2.16.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- testing -->