diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 582ee2a..51063a5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
             <dependency>
             	<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             	<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            	<version>2.7</version>
+            	<version>2.8.2</version>
             	<type>pom</type>
             	<scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>