diff --git a/data-sim-client/pom.xml b/data-sim-client/pom.xml
index 92ae2668..8e6cd081 100644
--- a/data-sim-client/pom.xml
+++ b/data-sim-client/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.6.2</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>