diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4f9b0df..a741460c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>(2.0.0,2.9.9)</version>
+            <version>[2.0.0,3.0.0)</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
-            <version>(2.0.0,2.9.9)</version>
+            <version>[2.0.0,3.0.0)</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/sh/deploy-maven-central.sh b/sh/deploy-maven-central.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755