diff --git a/aspect/spring-boot-ws/pom.xml b/aspect/spring-boot-ws/pom.xml
index 6c1f872..cf49ce8 100644
--- a/aspect/spring-boot-ws/pom.xml
+++ b/aspect/spring-boot-ws/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.1</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>