diff --git a/trace-agent/trace-agent-base/pom.xml b/trace-agent/trace-agent-base/pom.xml
index 57d5ccf..a04fefa 100644
--- a/trace-agent/trace-agent-base/pom.xml
+++ b/trace-agent/trace-agent-base/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>