diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc9312db..54f3faa1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.0</version>
+            <version>2.21.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>