diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf6053b..af83d2e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <log4j2.version>2.17.2</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.18.0</log4j2.version>
 
         <!--
             Note that JUnit5 has some problems with maven and IntelliJ.