diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 3c0d957cf..61fc3f699 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.15.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.ejb</groupId>
diff --git a/wrappercommon/pom.xml b/wrappercommon/pom.xml
index 165a77ed5..9827aecae 100644
--- a/wrappercommon/pom.xml
+++ b/wrappercommon/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.15.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>