diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 378469d..5430bd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             resources, i.e. build is platform dependent! See: https://maven.apache.org/general.html -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <opencsv.version>4.2</opencsv.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.11.0</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.12.4</log4j2.version>
         <javax.mail.version>1.4</javax.mail.version>
         <junit.version>5.7.2</junit.version>
         <reactome.base.version>2.2.2-SNAPSHOT</reactome.base.version>