diff --git a/clonedetector/pom.xml b/clonedetector/pom.xml
index 3593539..94bfe91 100644
--- a/clonedetector/pom.xml
+++ b/clonedetector/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>