diff --git a/simpleclient_log4j2/pom.xml b/simpleclient_log4j2/pom.xml
index 44768169e..aa5dac930 100644
--- a/simpleclient_log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/simpleclient_log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>2.15.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>