diff --git a/dev-cluster/pom.xml b/dev-cluster/pom.xml
index eebb5168..b2fe9f2d 100644
--- a/dev-cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/dev-cluster/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
         <!-- Log4J Version -->
-        <log4j2.version>2.13.3</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
     </properties>